[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H3141-H3142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO HEAR AN ADDRESS BY HIS 
            EXCELLENCY EHUD OLMERT, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL

  The Speaker of the House presided.
  The Deputy Sergeant at Arms, Mrs. Kerri Hanley, announced the Vice 
President and Members of the U.S. Senate who entered the Hall of the 
House of Representatives, the Vice President taking the chair at the 
right of the Speaker, and the Members of the Senate the seats reserved 
for them.
  The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints as members of the committee on the 
part of the House to escort His Excellency Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister 
of Israel, into the Chamber:
  The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner);
  The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt);
  The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Pryce);
  The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor);
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. Reynolds);
  The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw);
  The gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay);
  The gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen);
  The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Tom Davis);
  The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Price);

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  The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi);
  The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer);
  The gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn);
  The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos);
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. Ackerman);
  The gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman);
  The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Harman); and
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Berman).
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The President of the Senate, at the direction of 
that body, appoints the following Senators as members of the committee 
on the part of the Senate to escort His Excellency Ehud Olmert, Prime 
Minister of Israel, into the House Chamber:
  The Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist);
  The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell);
  The Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens);
  The Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum);
  The Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl);
  The Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter);
  The Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman);
  The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid);
  The Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin);
  The Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow);
  The Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy);
  The Senator from Michigan (Mr. Levin);
  The Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl);
  The Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman);
  The Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein);
  The Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer);
  The Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold);
  The Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden);
  The Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton); and
  The Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg).
  The Deputy Sergeant at Arms announced the Acting Dean of the 
Diplomatic Corps, His Excellency Jesse Bibiano Marehalau, Ambassador of 
Micronesia.
  The Acting Dean of the Diplomatic Corps entered the Hall of the House 
of Representatives and took the seat reserved for him.
  The Deputy Sergeant at Arms announced the Cabinet of the President of 
the United States.
  The Members of the Cabinet of the President of the United States 
entered the Hall of the House of Representatives and took the seats 
reserved for them in front of the Speaker's rostrum.
  At 11 o'clock and 10 minutes a.m., the Deputy Sergeant at Arms 
announced His Excellency Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel.
  The Prime Minister of Israel, escorted by the committee of Senators 
and Representatives, entered the Hall of the House of Representatives 
and stood at the Clerk's desk.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]
  The SPEAKER. Members of the Congress, it is my great privilege and I 
deem it a high honor and a personal pleasure to present to you His 
Excellency Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]

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