[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 17, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H5418-H5421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
COMMENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH BULLDOGS FOR WINNING THE
NCAA 2003 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP
Mr. KLINE. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to
the resolution (H. Res. 171) commending the University of Minnesota
Duluth Bulldogs for winning the NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women's
Ice Hockey Championship.
The Clerk read as follows:
H. Res. 171
Whereas on Sunday, March 23, 2003, the two-time defending
NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey champion, the
University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, won the National
Championship for the third straight year;
Whereas Minnesota Duluth defeated Harvard University in
double overtime of the championship game by the score of 4-3,
having defeated Dartmouth College 5-2 in the semifinal;
Whereas sophomore Nora Tallus scored the game-winning goal
in the second overtime, assisted by Erika Holst and Joanne
Eustace;
Whereas during the 2002-2003 season, the Bulldogs won an
impressive 31 games, while losing only 3 and tying 2;
Whereas forwards Jenny Potter, Hanne Sikio, and Caroline
Ouellette were selected to the 2003 All-Tournament team and
Caroline Ouellette was named the tournament's Most
Outstanding Player;
Whereas the Bulldogs are the only team in the country to
earn a berth in the women's national championship tournament
in each year of its existence;
Whereas junior forward Jenny Potter was one of three
finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given
annually to the most outstanding player in women's collegiate
varsity ice hockey and was named to the Jofa Women's
University Division Ice Hockey All-American First Team;
Whereas senior forward Maria Rooth, for the fourth time,
was one of ten finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial
Award, and was named to the Jofa Women's University Division
Ice Hockey All-American Second Team;
Whereas Minnesota Duluth Head Coach Shannon Miller, after
winning the National Championship in three consecutive years,
has been named a finalist for the American Hockey Coaches
Association 2002-2003 University Division Women's Ice Hockey
Coach of the Year Award; and
Whereas all of the team's players showed tremendous
dedication throughout the season toward the goal of winning
the National Championship: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) commends the University of Minnesota Duluth women's
hockey team for winning the NCAA 2003 National Collegiate
Women's Ice Hockey Championship;
(2) recognizes the achievements of all the team's players,
coaches, and support staff and invites them to the United
States Capitol Building to be honored;
(3) requests that the President recognize the achievements
of the University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team and
invite them to the White House for an appropriate ceremony
honoring a national championship team; and
(4) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to
make available enrolled copies of this resolution to the
University of Minnesota Duluth for appropriate display and to
transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to each coach
and member of the NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women's Ice
Hockey Championship team.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Minnesota (Mr. Kline) and the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum)
each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kline).
General Leave
Mr. KLINE. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their
remarks on H. Res. 171.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Minnesota?
There was no objection.
Mr. KLINE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of House Resolution 171; and I
would like to thank my colleague, the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr.
Oberstar), for bringing this resolution forward.
Madam Speaker, this resolution recognizes the achievement of the
University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team, the Bulldogs, for
their NCAA National Collegiate championship. This victory marks the
third consecutive national championship for the Bulldogs.
The national champion Bulldogs deserve recognition for their double
overtime victory against a talented Harvard University team. In
addition to the inspiring team victory, four individuals distinguished
themselves from the field: three young women from the University of
Minnesota of Duluth were named to the All-Tournament team, and Coach
Shannon Miller was named the 2003 AHCA Women's Division Coach of the
Year. The distinction earned by these individuals and the remarkable
repeat victories of the team reflect the dedication of each player, the
leadership of Coach Shannon Miller, and the support of family, friends,
and fans.
I extend my congratulations to each of the hard-working players on
the successful Bulldog team, to Coach Miller, and to the University of
Minnesota Duluth. I am happy to join my colleagues in honoring the
accomplishment of this team and wish them continued success. I ask my
colleagues to support this resolution.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I am pleased to support House Resolution 171, commending the
University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team for winning the NCAA
2003 National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
I also too want to congratulate Bulldog Coach Shannon Miller for
being
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named the 2003 American Hockey Coach's Association Women's University
Division Coach of the Year. We are all proud of the extraordinary
accomplishment of these women.
The March 23 triumph of the UMD Bulldogs over Harvard has been
referred to as the greatest game in the history of college women's
hockey, played before a record-breaking crowd of over 5,000, double
overtime, 4 to 3, in order to defeat the Harvard team. This gave the
Bulldogs their third consecutive national championship. In only the
fourth season of their existence, the Bulldogs have brought the sport
of women's hockey to a new and exciting level.
The success that this team has achieved over the past few years has
helped to fuel a women's hockey explosion in Minnesota and across the
country. Twenty-nine colleges now sponsor Division I teams, and the
NCAA is considering expanding its field in 2005. In Minnesota, the
number of high school women's hockey teams has rocketed from 24 in 1995
to 128 today. Nationwide, the number of girls and women playing ice
hockey has increased more than four-fold in this last decade, with more
than 39,000 registered females playing hockey today.
The success of the Bulldogs and the ever-growing opportunities for
women in sports remind us of the importance of title IX, the landmark
legislation that banned sex discrimination in schools. It passed over
30 years ago. Title IX has kicked open the door for women and girls in
athletics and education, and since the passage of title IX, girls and
women have gone from hoping for a team to hoping to make the team.
Unfortunately, there are still some who would like to turn back the
clock and see this law weakened. But as women continue to make strides
towards equal opportunity, title IX must remain strong. We must uphold
the progress we have made and continue to expand the opportunities for
our daughters, granddaughters, and nieces for the next generation and
beyond. Every girl and young woman must be given a chance to one day
become a national champion.
Once again, I congratulate the UMD Lady Bulldogs on their remarkable
achievements.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. KLINE. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Minnesota (Mr. Kennedy).
Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Madam Speaker, I thank my friend, the
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kline), for yielding me this time to
speak about the University of Minnesota Duluth's women's hockey team. I
do not know if people realize how important hockey is to us in
Minnesota. It is a great sport. The people of particularly northern
Minnesota have a proud tradition of hockey from the youth on up, and
this is an example of how they are continuing that tradition.
Madam Speaker, this is the third consecutive championship, as we have
spoken about several times. But how often does that happen? And that
speaks to the great program that they have up there. It has already
been talked about, the dramatic win, defeating Harvard 4 to 3 in double
overtime. Any opportunity a team from Minnesota has to beat Harvard is
a great opportunity, and it shows the competitiveness there is across
the country.
The three Bulldog players named to the All-Tournament team and Coach
Shannon Miller being named the AHCA Coach of the Year also merits
additional pride. The coach has the highest winning percentage among
the NCAA women's coaches.
While the Bulldogs shine on the ice, I think it is important to point
out that they also shine in the classroom. Seven of the players from
the championship team were named to the WCHA All-Academic team, so we
continue to value education as well in Minnesota.
Madam Speaker, this team embodies the spirit of student athletes and
our great ambassadors for the importance of sports and education for
the State of Minnesota. I am honored to join them today in
congratulating them on continuing the proud tradition of Minnesota
hockey.
Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Once again, congratulations to the University of Minnesota Duluth
Lady Bulldogs. I know the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo), the
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Peterson), and, of course, the gentleman
from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), who represents the University of Duluth
here in Washington, D.C., could not be more proud.
I have to say this was truly exciting to get to do this, Madam
Speaker, because when I was a young girl trying to learn how to ice
skate, hockey was not available for us; and it certainly was not
available to participate on a team and even think about winning a
championship. So congratulations, Lady Bulldogs.
Mr. KLINE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume,
just to associate myself with the remarks of my colleague, the
gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), in saying that the women in
Minnesota have confirmed what we always knew, that Minnesota is the ice
hockey headquarters of the world, and we are proud to associate
ourselves with them and congratulate the team.
Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar).
Mr. OBERSTAR. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from yielding me
this time.
Madam Speaker, the University of Minnesota--Duluth women's hockey
team achieved something truly extraordinary in the history of
collegiate athletics in winning the NCAA hockey championship for the
third year consecutively. It is a great tribute to the skill and
stamina and determination of the women who have devoted themselves to
this team and to each other and displayed an extraordinary kind of
cooperative spirit that is characteristic of college athletics. It is
notable that the report in the Duluth News Tribune on the championship
game was written by a female reporter, and I will include the report on
the game, the championship game, for the Record at this time.
[From the Duluth (MN) News Tribune, Mar. 24, 2003]
Bulldog Women Claim Third Title
(By Christa Lawler)
The forgotten game puck was tucked in the back of the net
while the Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team celebrated its
third consecutive NCAA Frozen Four title.
While streamers and confetti dropped from the rafters of
the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, University of
Minnesota Duluth goalie Shannon Kasparek crawled to the back
of the goal to retrieve the pesky puck that, for one overtime
and more than four minutes, refused to settle anywhere.
UMD beat Harvard 4-3 Sunday night when Bulldog sophomore
forward Nora Tallus, wide open, took a few strides and sent
the puck low past the Crimson's goalie Jessica Ruddock, who
had skated out to meet her. The game lasted 84 minutes--the
longest in the history of the women's NCAA-sanctioned event.
There were 5,167 fans at the game, largely pro-Bulldogs.
There were quite a few Harvard supporters and some who said
they just wanted to see a great game.
``It couldn't have been better for women's hockey,'' UMD
fourth-year coach Shannon Miller said. ``I talked to (Harvard
coach) Katey Stone before the game. I gave her a little hug
and said `Let's put on a show. Raise the bar for women's
hockey.' ''
The Bulldogs won the tournament in Durham, N.H., last year
with a 3-2 win over Brown. The previous year, they beat St.
Lawrence 4-2 in Minneapolis. No other team in the country has
ever owned the NCAA women's Frozen Four title.
Tallus, a slight, Finnish player, was mobbed by her
teammates, who created a mound of maroon on the ice on top of
her. It was Tallus' eight goal of the season, and followed
her game-high four penalties earlier in the game.
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[From the Duluth News Tribune, Mar. 24, 2003]
Bulldogs Prevail in Double-overtime Over Harvard, Win Third Straight
NCAA Title
(By Christa Lawler)
Nora Tallus repayed her debt to her teammates in full.
The Minnesota Duluth sophomore forward had all the time in
the world when she skated off the boards in the second
overtime of Sunday's national championship game. She took a
few strides and sent the puck low, past Harvard goalie
Jessica Ruddock and off the inside of the pipe, giving the
Bulldogs their third consecutive NCAA Frozen Four title with
a 4-3 victory.
Perhaps the greatest game in the history of women's college
hockey came on the Bulldogs' home ice at the DECC in front of
5,167 fans--the largest attendance in three years of the
NCAA-sanctioned event.
The game hung tied at 3-3 through one 20-minute overtime
period. The ice was resurfaced and Tallus fired the game-
winner at 4:19 of the second overtime to bring an end to
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the longest game in the history of the women's Frozen Four.
Tallus, a small and seemingly shy player, earned four
penalties--including two roughing calls--before she became
the hero of the game. While Harvard did not capitalize on any
of her two-minute hiatuses to the box, playing shorthanded
was a dangerous proposition against the Crimson's 32.2 power-
play percentage, the best in the nation.
Still, Tallus was not on her coach's bad side.
``She is a . . . angel,'' UMD fourth-year coach Shannon
Miller said. ``You could never get mad at her. After she took
three penalties, I leaned down, gave her a hug and I said,
`You now owe us a goal, you understand that?'''
Tallus must have understood. The goal was just her eighth
of the season.
``Yeah, I owed that for the team,'' Tallus said ``Big
Time.''
Even Harvard coach Katey Stone had kudos for the goal that
closed the game.
``It was an absolutely perfect shot,'' she said.
Hanne Sikio scored two goals for the Bulldogs and Caroline
Ouellette also scored. Senior goalie Patricia Sautter had 41
saves. Harvard's Jennifer Botterill, Lauren McCauliffe and
Nicole Corriero scored consecutive second-period goals, and
goalie Jessica Ruddock had 37 saves.
Ouellette, a sophomore forward, opened the game with a goal
at 5:17 of the first peirod. Jenny Potter tipped the puck to
the Canadian National Team player, who was coming in quickly
on the other side of the ice. Ouellette nicked a piece of the
puck, redirecting to score just seconds after Harvard had
returned to equal strength.
Sikio gave the Bulldogs a 2-0 advantage at 12:30 when she
broke away, wound up slowly and laid the puck in the back of
the net.
Harvard responded with two goals in 23 seconds in the first
minute of the second period.
Botterill skated in on Sautter's right side and scored at
21 seconds. McAuliffe backhanded the puck at 44 seconds to
tie the game 2-2.
Corriero gave the Crimson a brief lead when she kicked the
puck off her skates and to her stick, scoring at 14:46 of the
second period.
Sikio tied the game from her knees, sliding the puck
between Ruddock's leg and the right post at 17:84.
Harvard star defense man, junior Angela Ruggiero, received
an interference penalty at 15:05 of the third period. She
vocally contested the call, and a 10-minute misconduct was
added. The USA National Team player spent the rest of the
period, and much of the first overtime, in the penalty
box.
She darted out of the box and onto the ice quickly when her
sentence was filled and gestured to the crowd that she was
fired up.
Neither team scored in the third period. Just 30 seconds
into the second overtime, Botterill and freshman forward
Julie Chu closed in on Sautter. The UMD goalie grabbed the
puck and Chu tried to shake it from her grasp. It broke free
and slid to the back of the net, but after the whistle.
Referees reviewed the play and did not allow the goal.
Tallus closed the game minutes later, after hearing a
prediction from UMD junior forward Tricia Guest.
``Before the overtime, I said, `My money is on you,' ''
Guest said she told Tallus. Guest might be clairvoyant, based
on her own success. She scored the game-winner last year,
when the Bulldogs beat Brown 3-2 in the championship game.
``I just had a feeling. It's never been like the superstar
person'' who scores winning goals in title games for UMD.
After the game, Guest went up to Tallus, one of her closest
friends on the team, and said, ``It's an amazing feeling,
isn't it?''
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[From the Duluth News Tribune, Mar. 24, 2003]
An Amazing Journey Ends With an Amazing Game
(By Mark Emmert)
Four years ago, Erika Holst, Maria Rooth and Hanne Sikio
were just looking for somewhere to play hockey.
Each received a phone call from Shannon Miller, wondering
if they'd be interested in attending the University of
Minnesota Duluth, which was beginning a varsity program.
The trio of Scandinavians knew nothing about Duluth or U.S.
college hockey, but they knew enough about Miller, the former
coach of the Canadian Olympic team, to take a gamble.
On Sunday night at the DECC, their glorious careers
culminated with a victory in the greatest college women's
hockey game ever played. The double-overtime 4-3 defeat of
Harvard, played before a raucous and appreciative NCAA
Women's Frozen Four-record crowd of 5,167, gave UMD its third
consecutive national championship.
Holst and Rooth, from Sweden, and Sikio, from Finland, have
been the backbone of the dynasty. After the most grueling
game of their career, each said their four years in Duluth
have been magical, but none were quite ready to accept that
they're over.
``It really hit me when we played Bemidji and we had senior
night,'' Holst said of her final regular-season game at the
DECC on Feb. 23. ``Then I tried to park it. When I do decide
to think about it, it's going to be a toughy.''
Miller had instructed her initial senior class--which also
includes Jenny Hempel, Joanne Eustace, Navada Russell and
Michelle McAteer--not to think about the impending end of
their careers. The subject was too emotional, she said, and
would only distract from the team's preparations to defend
its title.
On Sunday, Miller said, ``They're an incredible group, as
people and as talented players. You can't replace these
people.''
The Scandinavian players each said they felt an immediate
bond to Duluth and its people, easing their worries about
missing their families back home.
``I fit in right away,'' said Rooth, UMD's career scoring
leader with 231 points. ``Everyone here seems to care for
us.''
``I really liked the lake,'' Sikio said of her first
glimpse of her new hometown. ``Minnesota is a lot like
Finland. But the language was hard to understand. People
here, they speak pretty fast and we were like, `Slow down.'
''
Sikio had two goals Sunday in perhaps her finest game as a
Bulldog. Like her classmates, she hopes to continue playing
hockey somewhere, perhaps in Canada, but she does intend to
come back to UMD in the fall to finish earning her
international studies degree.
``I was really surprised by how many Scandinavians are
here, and the people are so nice,'' said Holst, whose only
frustration in Duluth was not being able to find Swedish
meatballs as good as the ones she was used to. ``They just
don't taste the same over here,'' she lamented.
Rooth's parents were at the DECC on Sunday to witness their
daughter's final game. So was Holst's father.
``He was really happy and proud,'' Holst said of her
postgame embrace with her father. ``He doesn't usually show
his emotions too much.''
``They were more nervous than anyone else,'' Rooth said of
her parents, who were wearing Swedish national jerseys with
her name and number on them.
Holst, Rooth and Sikio's final collegiate game may become
the one that people point to years from now as the impetus
for a burst in popularity for women's hockey, much as the
1958 NFL title game, in which the Baltimore Colts registered
a dramatic overtime victory over the New York Giants, put pro
football on a new plane in this country.
Harvard coach Katey Stone, gracious in defeat, hinted as
much, calling Sunday's game, broadcast nationally on cable
TV, ``one of the greatest sporting events I've been a part
of.''
``It was a tremendous tribute to how hard these student-
athletes work and what a great product they can provide for
the fans,'' she said.
It certainly was.
And, even if UMD's Nordic trio aren't around to benefit
from a higher profile for women's hockey in America, Sunday's
game certainly validates their blind decision of four years
ago, when they hopped on a plane and helped make sports
history at a small university in a small city they'd never
heard of but were bound to become embraced by.
Madam Speaker, I would also like to point out, while we are
discussing these great achievements on the ice, that the University of
Minnesota, Duluth women's and men's theater troupe has five times in
the last 17 years won national honors at the Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival for performances at the collegiate level.
Under the masterful leadership of Chancellor Kathryn Martin, we have a
very well-rounded academic program at the University of Minnesota
Duluth which includes academics, the arts, as well as athletics.
Madam Speaker, it is appropriate that we take this time here today to
salute the women of the University of Minnesota, Duluth NCAA
championship hockey team and all of those who participate in collegiate
athletics.
Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to
the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis).
(Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this
resolution.
Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the University of
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, the NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women's
Ice Hockey Champions. I thank the Gentleman from Minnesota, Mr.
Oberstar, for allowing the House this opportunity to congratulate and
recognize the Bulldogs on winning their third straight championship.
During the championship game against Harvard University, the Bulldogs
showed tremendous strength and ability, going into double overtime,
finally winning with a score of 4-3. This season, they won an
impressive 31 games, while only losing 3 and tying 2. And as we prepare
to celebrate the upcoming thirty-first anniversary of Title IX, this
team serves to be a prime example that Title IX is working. And since
it is working, to weaken or water down Title IX in any way would be
detrimental to the future of events like these and to teams like the
Bulldogs.
I happen to be one who believes that there ought to be absolute
equality in all endeavors
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in all walks of life. I am amazed, as a matter of fact, sometimes when
I recall even the Preamble to our Constitution, when we say, ``We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,''; and
at the same time, we left out women. Some people would suggest that
when they said ``men'' they meant women as well, but I am not always
sure of that.
As a matter of fact, we can look at what the experiences have been.
Even though we have Title IX, only 42 percent of college athletes are
female and female athletes receive $133 million fewer scholarship
dollars per year than their male counterparts. This proves that, if
anything, Title IX needs to be strengthened as we still face inequities
in athletics today.
We have to keep Title IX alive; we have to make sure that it is
strong; and we have to keep working so that there is in fact equality
across the board without regard to race, gender, ethnicity, or any
other form of origin.
America is a great Nation. We have made lots of progress and we have
come a long way, but we still have much further to go. I do not believe
we will ever get where we need to be unless we reinforce all of those
processes that we have used to get us where we are. Keeping Title IX
will continue the successes that we have seen with teams like the
Bulldogs and with other athletic teams in the future.
Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to support H. Res. 171,
commending the University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team for
winning the NCAA 2003 National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey
Championship. I also want to congratulate Bulldogs Coach Shannon Miller
on being named the 2003 American Hockey Coaches Association Women's
University Division Coach of the Year. We are all proud of the
extraordinary accomplishments of these women.
The March 23 triumph of the UMD Bulldogs over Harvard has been
referred to as the greatest game in the history of college women's
hockey. Played before a record-breaking crowd of over 5,000, the
double-overtime 4 to 3 defeat of Harvard gave the Bulldogs their third
consecutive national championship. In only the fourth season of their
existence, the Bulldogs have brought the sport of women's hockey to a
new and exciting level.
The success that this team has achieved over the past few years has
helped to fuel a women's hockey explosion in Minnesota and across the
country. Twenty-nine colleges now sponsor Division I teams, and the
NCAA is considering expanding its field in 2005. In Minnesota, the
number of high school women's hockey teams has rocketed from 24 in 1995
to 128 today. Nationwide, the number of girls and women playing ice
hockey has increased more than four-fold in the last decade, with more
than 39,000 registered females playing today.
The success of the Bulldogs and the ever-growing opportunities for
women in sports remind us of the importance of Title IX--the landmark
legislation that banned sex discrimination in schools. Over the past 30
years, Title IX has kicked open the door for women and girls in
athletics and education. Since the passage of Title IX, girls have gone
from hoping for a team to hoping to make the team.
Unfortunately, there are some who would like to turn back the clock
and see this law weakened. But as women continue to make strides toward
equal opportunity, Title IX must remain strong. We must uphold the
progress that we have made and continue to expand opportunities for our
daughters, granddaughters and generations beyond. Every girl must be
given the chance to one day become a national champion.
Once again, I congratulate the UMB Bulldogs on their achievements.
Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. KLINE. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Kline) that the House suspend the rules
and agree to the resolution, H. Res. 171.
The question was taken.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of
those present have voted in the affirmative.
Mr. KLINE. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be
postponed.
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