[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 4 (Saturday, January 6, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D13-D15]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced:  133 public bills, H.R. 104-236; and 4 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 11-12, and H. Res. 19-20, were introduced.
  Pages H56-62
Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Administration of the Oath of Office: Representatives-elect Stark and 
Gutierrez presented themselves in the well and were administered the 
oath of office by the Speaker.
  Page H29
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: The Speaker announced the 
appointment of Representatives Goss and Pelosi to the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence.
  Pages H29-30
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Membership: Representative 
Goss asked unanimous consent, and it was made in order, that the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence be composed of not more than 
20 members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, of whom not more 
than 11 be from the same party.
  Page H45
Electoral College Vote Tellers: Pursuant to S. Con. Res. 1, to provide 
for the counting on January 6, 2001, of the electoral votes for 
President and Vice President of the United States, the Speaker 
announced the appointment of Representatives Thomas and Fattah as 
tellers on the part of the House to count the electoral votes. Earlier, 
the House received a message from the Senate announcing that Senators 
Dodd and McConnell were appointed as tellers on the part of the Senate.
                                                               Page H30
Recess: The House recessed at 11:21 a.m. and reconvened at 1:01 p.m. 
                                                               Page H31
Joint Session: The Joint Session was called to order at 1:10 p.m. and 
dissolved at 2:50 p.m.
  Pages H31-45
Declaration of the Election of President and Vice President: Pursuant 
to the provisions of S. Con. Res. 1 and the requirements of the 
Constitution and laws relating to the election of President

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and Vice President of the United States, the two Houses of Congress met 
in joint session with Vice President Gore as the presiding officer to 
count the electoral votes. The following votes were cast for President: 
George W. Bush of Texas, 271; and Al Gore of Tennessee, 266. The 
following votes were cast for Vice President: Dick Cheney of Wyoming, 
271; and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, 266.
  Pages H31-45
  During the joint session various House members rose to make a point 
of order, object to the counting of the electoral votes from Florida, 
or to make a motion. The presiding officer and chair, Vice President 
Gore, held that each case required a writing signed by both a Member of 
the House and a Senator. None were signed by a Senator and none were 
received.
Pages H34-36
Recess: The House recessed at 2:52 p.m. and reconvened at 3:08 p.m. 
                                                               Page H45
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 19, electing the 
following Members of the majority to serve on standing committees of 
the House of Representatives:
  Committee on Agriculture: Mr. Combest, Chairman; Mr. Boehner; Mr. 
Goodlatte; Mr. Pombo; Mr. Smith of Michigan; Mr. Everett; Mr. Lucas of 
Oklahoma; Mr. Chambliss; Mr. Moran of Kansas; Mr. Schaffer; Mr. Thune; 
Mr. Jenkins; Mr. Cooksey; Mr. Gutknecht; Mr. Riley; Mr. Simpson; Mr. 
Ose; Mr. Hayes; Mr. Fletcher; Mr. Pickering; Mr. Johnson of Illinois; 
Mr. Osborne; Mr. Pence; Mr. Rehberg; Mr. Graves; Mr. Putnam and Mr. 
Kennedy of Minnesota.
  Committee on Appropriations: Mr. Young of Florida, Chairman; Mr. 
Regula; Mr. Lewis of California; Mr. Rogers of Kentucky; Mr. Skeen; Mr. 
Wolf; Mr. DeLay; Mr. Kolbe; Mr. Callahan; Mr. Walsh; Mr. Taylor of 
North Carolina; Mr. Hobson; Mr. Istook; Mr. Bonilla; Mr. Knollenberg; 
Mr. Miller of Florida; Mr. Kingston; Mr. Frelinghuysen; Mr. Wicker; Mr. 
Nethercutt; Mr. Cunningham; Mr. Tiahrt; Mr. Wamp; Mr. Latham; Mrs. 
Northup; Mr. Aderholt; Mrs. Emerson; Mr. Sununu; Ms. Granger; Mr. 
Peterson of Pennsylvania; Mr. Doolittle; Mr. LaHood; Mr. Sweeney and 
Mr. Vitter.
  Committee on Armed Services: Mr. Stump, Chairman; Mr. Spence, Mr. 
Hunter; Mr. Hansen; Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania; Mr. Hefley; Mr. Saxton; 
Mr. McHugh; Mr. Everett; Mr. Bartlett; Mr. McKeon; Mr. Watts; Mr. 
Thornberry; Mr. Hostettler; Mr. Chambliss; Mr. Hilleary; Mr. 
Scarborough; Mr. Jones of North Carolina; Mr. Graham; Mr. Ryun of 
Kansas; Mr. Riley; Mr. Gibbons; Mr. Hayes; Mr. Sherwood; Mrs. Wilson; 
Mr. Calvert; Mr. Simmons; Mr. Crenshaw; Mr. Kirk; Ms. Jo Ann Davis of 
Virginia; Mr. Schrock and Mr. Akin.
  Committee on the Budget: Mr. Nussle, Chairman; Mr. Hoekstra; Mr. 
Bass; Mr. Gutknecht; Mr. Hilleary; Mr. Sununu; Mr. Knollenberg; Mr. 
Thornberry; Mr. Ryun of Kansas; Mr. Collins; Mr. Wamp; Mr. Fletcher; 
Mr. Gary Miller of California; Mr. Toomey; Mr. Watkins; Mr. Hastings of 
Washington; Mr. Portman; Mr. Schrock; Mr. Culberson; Mr. Brown of South 
Carolina; Mr. Crenshaw and Mr. Putnam.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce: Mr. Boehner, Chairman; Mr. 
Petri; Mrs. Roukema; Mr. Ballenger; Mr. Hoekstra; Mr. McKeon; Mr. 
Castle; Mr. Johnson of Texas; Mr. Greenwood; Mr. Graham; Mr. Souder; 
Mr. Norwood; Mr. Schaffer; Mr. Upton; Mr. Hilleary; Mr. Ehlers; Mr. 
Tancredo; Mr. Fletcher; Mr. DeMint; Mr. Isakson; Mrs. Biggert; Mr. 
Platts; Mr. Tiberi; Mr. Keller; Mr. Osborne and Mr. Culberson.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Mr. Tauzin, Chairman; Mr. 
Bilirakis; Mr. Barton; Mr. Upton; Mr. Stearns; Mr. Gillmor; Mr. 
Greenwood; Mr. Cox; Mr. Deal; Mr. Largent; Mr. Burr; Mr. Whitfield; Mr. 
Ganske; Mr. Norwood; Mrs. Cubin; Mr. Shimkus; Mrs. Wilson; Mr. Shadegg; 
Mr. Pickering; Mr. Fossella; Mr. Blunt; Mr. Thomas Davis of Virginia; 
Mr. Bryant; Mr. Ehrlich; Mr. Buyer; Mr. Radanovich; Mr. Pitts; Mrs. 
Bono; Mr. Walden of Oregon and Mr. Terry.
  Committee on Financial Services: Mr. Oxley, Chairman; Mr. Leach; Mrs. 
Roukema; Mr. Bereuter; Mr. Baker; Mr. Bachus; Mr. Castle; Mr. King; Mr. 
Royce; Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma; Mr. Ney, Mr. Barr of Georgia; Mrs. Kelly; 
Mr. Paul; Mr. Gillmor; Mr. Cox; Mr. Weldon of Florida; Mr. Ryun of 
Kansas; Mr. Riley; Mr. LaTourette; Mr. Manzullo; Mr. Jones of North 
Carolina; Mr. Ose; Mrs. Biggert; Mr. Green of Wisconsin; Mr. Toomey; 
Mr. Shays; Mr. Shadegg; Mr. Fossella; Mr. Gary Miller of California; 
Mr. Cantor; Mr. Grucci; Ms. Hart; Ms. Capito; Mr. Ferguson; Mr. Rogers 
of Michigan and Mr. Tiberi.
  Committee on Government Reform: Mr. Burton of Indiana, Chairman; Mr. 
Gilman; Mrs. Morella; Mr. Shays; Ms. Ros-Lehtinen; Mr. McHugh; Mr. 
Horn; Mr. Mica; Mr. Thomas Davis of Virginia; Mr. Souder; Mr. 
Scarborough; Mr. LaTourette; Mr. Barr; Mr. Miller of Florida; Mr. 
Hutchinson; Mr. Ose; Mr. Lewis of Kentucky; Mr. Flake; Ms. Jo Ann Davis 
of Virginia and Mr. Platts.
  Committee on International Relations: Mr. Hyde, Chairman; Mr. Gilman; 
Mr. Leach; Mr. Bereuter; Mr. Smith of New Jersey; Mr. Burton of 
Indiana; Mr. Gallegly; Ms. Ros-Lehtinen; Mr.

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Ballenger; Mr. Rohrabacher; Mr. Royce; Mr. King; Mr. Chabot; Mr. 
Houghton; Mr. McHugh; Mr. Burr; Mr. Cooksey; Mr. Tancredo; Mr. Paul; 
Mr. Smith of Michigan; Mr. Pitts; Mr. Issa; Mr. Cantor; Mr. Flake; Mr. 
Kerns and Ms. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Mr. Sensenbrenner, Chairman; Mr. Hyde; 
Mr. Gekas; Mr. Coble; Mr. Smith of Texas; Mr. Gallegly; Mr. Goodlatte; 
Mr. Chabot; Mr. Barr; Mr. Jenkins; Mr. Hutchinson; Mr. Cannon; Mr. 
Graham; Mr. Bachus; Mr. Scarborough; Mr. Hostettler; Mr. Green of 
Wisconsin; Mr. Keller; Mr. Issa; Ms. Hart and Mr. Flake.
  Committee on Resources: Mr. Hansen, Chairman; Mr. Young of Alaska; 
Mr. Tauzin; Mr. Saxton; Mr. Gallegly; Mr. Duncan; Mr. Hefley; Mr. 
Gilchrest; Mr. Calvert; Mr. McInnis; Mr. Pombo; Mrs. Cubin; Mr. 
Radanovich; Mr. Jones of North Carolina; Mr. Thornberry; Mr. Cannon; 
Mr. Brady of Texas; Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania; Mr. Schaffer; Mr. 
Gibbons; Mr. Souder; Mr. Walden of Oregon; Mr. Sherwood; Mr. Hayes; Mr. 
Simpson; Mr. Tancredo; Mr. Otter and Mr. Osborne.
  Committee on Science: Mr. Boehlert, Chairman; Mr. Sensenbrenner; Mr. 
Smith of Texas; Mrs. Morella; Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania; Mr. 
Rohrabacher; Mr. Barton; Mr. Calvert; Mr. Smith of Michigan; Mr. 
Bartlett; Mr. Ehlers; Mr. Weldon of Florida; Mr. Gutknecht; Mr. Cannon; 
Mr. Nethercutt; Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma; Mr. Gary Miller of California; 
Mrs. Biggert; Mr. Culberson; Mr. Akin; Mr. Johnson of Illinois; Mr. 
Pence; Mr. Grucci and Ms. Hart.
  Committee on Small Business: Mr. Manzullo, Chairman; Mr. Combest; Mr. 
Hefley; Mr. Bartlett; Mr. LoBiondo; Mrs. Kelly; Mr. Chabot; Mr. 
English; Mr. Toomey; Mr. DeMint; Mr. Thune; Mr. Pence; Mr. Ferguson; 
Mr. Issa; Mr. Graves; Mr. Schrock; Mr. Grucci and Mr. Akin.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Mr. Young of Alaska, 
Chairman; Mr. Shuster; Mr. Petri; Mr. Boehlert; Mr. Coble; Mr. Duncan; 
Mr. Gilchrest; Mr. Horn; Mr. Mica; Mr. Quinn; Mr. Ehlers; Mr. Bachus; 
Mr. LaTourette; Mrs. Kelly; Mr. Baker; Mr. Bass; Mr. Ney; Mr. 
Hutchinson; Mr. Cooksey; Mr. Thune; Mr. LoBiondo; Mr. Moran of Kansas; 
Mr. Sherwood; Mr. DeMint; Mr. Bereuter; Mr. Simpson; Mr. Isakson; Mr. 
Simmons; Mr. Rogers of Michigan; Ms. Capito; Mr. Kirk; Mr. Brown of 
South Carolina; Mr. Johnson of Illinois; Mr. Kerns; Mr. Rehberg; Mr. 
Platts; Mr. Ferguson; Mr. Graves; Mr. Otter; Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Chairman; 
Mr. Stump; Mr. Bilirakis; Mr. Spence; Mr. Everett; Mr. Buyer; Mr. 
Quinn; Mr. Stearns; Mr. Moran of Kansas; Mr. Hayworth; Mr. McKeon; Mr. 
Gibbons; Mr. Simpson; Mr. Baker; Mr. Simmons and Mr. Crenshaw.
  Committee on Ways and Means: Mr. Thomas, Chairman; Mr. Crane; Mr. 
Shaw; Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut; Mr. Houghton; Mr. Herger; Mr. 
McCrery; Mr. Camp; Mr. Ramstad; Mr. Nussle; Mr. Johnson of Texas; Ms. 
Dunn; Mr. Collins; Mr. Portman; Mr. English; Mr. Watkins; Mr. Hayworth; 
Mr. Weller; Mr. Hulshof; Mr. McInnis; Mr. Lewis of Kentucky; Mr. Foley; 
Mr. Brady of Texas and Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin.
  Pages H45-46
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 20, electing Mr. Goode 
to the Committee on Appropriations.
  Page H46
Presidential Message--Agreement Between the United States and Jordan: 
Read a letter from the President wherein he transmitted his legislative 
proposal to implement the Agreement between the United States and the 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area--
referred to the Committees on Ways and Means and the Judiciary and 
ordered printed (H. Doc. 107-15).
  Page H53
Commission on Civil Rights: The Chair announced the Speaker's 
appointment of Dr. Abigail M. Thernstrom of Lexington, Massachusetts to 
the Commission on Civil Rights.
  Page H46
Quorum Calls--Votes: No quorum calls or recorded votes developed during 
the proceedings of the House today.
Adjournment: The House met at 11 a.m. and at 3:47 p.m., pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 1, providing for a conditional adjournment 
or recess of the House of Representatives and Senate, it stands 
adjourned until 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 20, 2001.