[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 11 (Friday, January 19, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H764-H768]
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                 HOUSE PAGE BOARD REVISION ACT OF 2007

  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the order of the 
House of January 18, 2007, I call up the bill (H.R. 475) to revise the 
composition of the House of Representatives Page Board to equalize the 
number of members representing the majority and minority parties and to 
include a member representing the parents of pages and a member 
representing former pages, and for other purposes, and ask for its 
immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

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                                H.R. 475

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``House Page Board Revision 
     Act of 2007''.

     SEC. 2. REVISION OF COMPOSITION OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
                   PAGE BOARD.

       (a) Expansion of Membership.--Section 2(a) of House 
     Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to November 
     30, 1982, as enacted into permanent law by section 127 of 
     Public Law 97-377 (2 U.S.C. 88b-3(a)), is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``one Member'' and 
     inserting ``two Members'';
       (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
       (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(2) one individual who, at any time during the 5-year 
     period which ends on the date of the individual's 
     appointment, is or was a parent of a page participating in 
     the program;
       ``(3) one individual who is a former page of the House who 
     is not a Member of the House or an individual described in 
     paragraph (2); and''.
       (b) Special Rules for Members Representing Parents and 
     Former Pages.--Section 2 of such House Resolution (2 U.S.C. 
     88b-3) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) In the case of the members of the Page Board who are 
     described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a), the 
     following shall apply:
       ``(1) Each such member shall be appointed jointly by the 
     Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives.
       ``(2) Each such member shall serve for a term of one year 
     and may be reappointed for additional terms if the member 
     continues to meet the requirements for appointment.
       ``(3) A vacancy in the position held by any such member 
     shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
     appointment. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy shall 
     serve for the remainder of the original term and may be 
     reappointed in accordance with paragraph (2).
       ``(4) Each such member may be paid travel or transportation 
     expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, for 
     attending meetings of the Page Board while away from the 
     member's home or place of business. There are authorized to 
     be appropriated from the applicable accounts of the House of 
     Representatives such sums as may be necessary for payments 
     under this paragraph.''.

     SEC. 3. REQUIRING REGULAR MEETINGS.

       Section 1 of House Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, 
     agreed to November 30, 1982, as enacted into permanent law by 
     section 127 of Public Law 97-377 (2 U.S.C. 88b-2), is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Until otherwise'' and inserting ``(a) 
     Until otherwise''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) The Page Board shall meet regularly, in accordance 
     with a schedule established jointly by the Speaker and 
     minority leader of the House of Representatives.''.

     SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
     the portion of the One Hundred Tenth Congress which begins 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act and each 
     succeeding Congress.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of 
Thursday, January 18, 2007, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. 
Millender-McDonald) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) each 
will control 15 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, as chairwoman of the Committee 
on House Administration, I am delighted to call up this important bill 
to reform the governance of the House Page Program.
  I trust that all Members recall the circumstances that led to this 
bill coming up during the first days of this new Congress, so that 
there is little need to deal with them here. Suffice it to say that the 
events of last September have been abundantly clear that the House Page 
Board can no longer be constituted as it was during the last Congress 
with two Members of the majority but only one from the minority. Such a 
ratio potentially raises the specter of partisanship and political 
considerations where they have no place.
  Mr. Speaker, the House Page Board has the statutory responsibility to 
govern and oversee the Page Program. The Board must not only be free of 
partisanship, it must function so all of its members have access to the 
information necessary to discharge their responsibilities and do what 
is right for the pages. These delightful pages, whose parents send them 
here, trusting that they will be safe, become the responsibility of 
this House.

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  If structural changes are needed to ensure that members of the page 
board can properly oversee the programs, free of extraneous concerns, 
then we must make such changes.
  Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Michigan has written an excellent 
bill that changes the page board's form and function. First, it 
enlarges the page board to include a second Member of the House 
appointed by the minority leader, thus equalizing the number of Members 
between the two parties. I must say the Speaker of this House is using 
her nonpartisan efforts to try to bring equity to this board. This 
alone could strengthen the board dramatically by making the minority 
full partners on the board.
  But the bill goes further. It adds two outside members of the board, 
one to represent parents of current or recent pages, and another one 
who represents a former page to represent the pages themselves. These 
two outside board members must be appointed jointly by the Speaker and 
the minority leader for a 1-year term, but can be eligible for 
reappointment if they continue to meet the requisite qualifications. 
These additional representatives for pages and parents will infuse the 
board's deliberations with perspectives that only they can bring.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, to ensure that the page board gives the program 
the attention it deserves, the bill requires regular board meetings on 
a schedule established jointly by the Speaker and the minority leader. 
This bill, which would be permanent and effective immediately, 
authorizes reimbursement of the outside board members for the expenses 
of attending meetings. I am confident that Members agree that the 
benefits of a parent and a former page representation will be worth the 
modest cost.
  I commend the gentleman from Michigan and the gentlewoman from West 
Virginia for introducing this excellent bill, and I commend the Speaker 
for scheduling this the first days of this landmark 110th Congress.
  I urge my colleagues to support the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 475. I will not go 
into any detailed explanation of it because the Chair of the committee 
has already given that.
  But before I begin my remarks on the legislation before us, I want to 
express my gratitude to all the dedicated young people who come to 
serve the House as pages. We are blessed to have such a talented group 
of young people who are willing to leave home and come here to work for 
us and for the people of this Nation.
  I still recall the first page that I appointed during my first term 
in the Congress. She was a wonderful young woman, and she served here 
well. She then went on to college, then to medical school, and is now 
in residency and has established an outstanding record. Both here in 
the Congress as a wonderful page and academically, she has done very 
well. I am certain she will be a wonderful doctor as well. This is 
typical of the types of people that we have in this Congress as pages.
  This legislation is certainly no reflection on any problems that they 
have created, but rather a reflection on problems that Members have 
created. We believe that pages who serve here should feel nothing but 
pride for the important role they play in the daily operations of this 
House and in the legislation that we present. The legislation before us 
is meant to improve the way that we as adults conduct our oversight of 
the page program.
  Sadly, the sordid revelations of last fall were not the first time 
the House had demonstrated a failure to protect the young people who 
come here to serve in the program.
  In July 1982, following allegations of sexual misconduct involving 
Members of both parties and their involvement with pages, the 
Democratic Speaker and the Republican leader of the House appointed a 
Speaker's commission on pages to study the page program, its 
usefulness, and to determine what changes needed to be made to better 
protect America's youth during their

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service to the House of Representatives.
  Many of the commission's recommendations were adopted by the House, 
including the creation of a leadership-appointed page board responsible 
for overseeing the page program. That was certainly a step forward, and 
today's legislation restructures the board that was created then. It 
has not been the fault of the pages that we had the incident this past 
year. It is not even the fault of the page board; but, in fact, rather, 
it was the fault of not engaging the full page board to deal with the 
problem that made the problem even worse.
  This legislation before us will improve the board, make it more 
effective, and enable it to better carry out its important 
responsibilities. The pages who work here provide tremendous service to 
Members, staff, and the operations of the House of Representatives. 
They gain an invaluable experience, a superb education and improved 
insight into the workings of their own government.
  We owe it to them to ensure that we are doing everything possible and 
to ensure that they are able to have a positive, healthy, and 
beneficial experience. We must ensure that we are taking good care of 
and protecting the young people who have been entrusted to us.
  The legislation that is before us will help us meet our important 
obligations. I believe that adding an additional member and making it 
truly bipartisan with no party dominating will be a truly positive 
change.
  I believe that adding a former page to the board will be a positive 
change. In the past at times we have had Members serving on the board 
who were serving as pages. They performed that function. But by 
specifically naming a former page to the board, we can ensure that 
their input is heard.
  Furthermore, having a parent of a former page or, perhaps, even a 
current page serve on the board will be an asset to us as we consider 
the operation of the page program, their education and all the 
regulations pertaining to them.
  I hope this legislation will help us meet our important obligation in 
this regard, and I ask all the Members of Congress to support this 
excellent piece of legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, at this time I would like to 
yield 3 minutes to one of the authors of this important bill, the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee).
  Mr. KILDEE. I thank the gentlelady for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 475, the House Page Board 
Revision Act of 2007. Since 1985, I have had the honor of serving on 
the House page board, either as the chairman or as the Democratic 
representative.
  Whenever we met as a board, our efforts were to arrive at decisions 
by consensus. H.R. 475 strengthens that spirit of cooperation by 
providing two basic reforms of the House page board.
  First, we expand the membership of the page board. The current 
membership includes two Members of the majority party and one Member of 
the minority party, as well as the Clerk of the House and the House 
Sergeant at Arms. This bill would expand the page board members by 
adding three new members to the board.
  We add a second Member of the minority party to make it an even two 
Democratic Members and two Republican Members. In a major change, we 
also add two outside members to the board, one a parent of a current or 
recent page and the other, a former House page. The Speaker and the 
minority leader will jointly appoint the page parent and the former 
page. These additions to the House page board provide for partisan 
balance and for diversity of views from people who have direct interest 
in the success of the page program.
  The second reform in H.R. 475 is the requirement that the House page 
board meet on a regular basis. The Speaker and minority leader will 
jointly establish the frequency of such meetings.
  Mr. Speaker, we look forward to operating the page program in an 
effective manner. We will work together to review and constantly 
improve the operations of the House page program. It is our goal to 
assure that the pages will gain every possible benefit from this 
program while ensuring the well-being of the young people who serve 
this House as pages.
  I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 475.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to recognize a current 
member of the page board, the gentlewoman from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito).
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by commending my 
colleague on the page board, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), 
for his service to the program, long service to the program, and for 
the bipartisan manner in which he has handled the legislation before 
him today.
  I would also like to thank the Chair and ranking member of the House 
Administration Committee, and I would like to join my fellow, the 
ranking member and all of us, really, to say thank you to all the pages 
who are in the room today, all the pages who are currently serving, and 
all those pages who have done wonderful service in the past.
  I am proud to be the original cosponsor of the House Page Board 
Revision Act and rise to urge my colleagues to support it. I believe my 
colleagues will support it.
  The House page program has existed for well over a century and 
provides teenagers with an incredible opportunity to learn about the 
legislative process, gain leadership and teamwork skills that can be 
applied to whatever profession they decide to enter. House pages 
provide a valuable service to the House of Representatives as well. The 
page program is truly an asset, both to this body and to the Nation.
  I guarantee, if you ask any page in this room, present or former, 
about their experience, there is one word that they always use to 
describe it when I ask, and that is ``fantastic.'' That is why Members 
of this House were shocked to learn that a former Congressman's 
inappropriate interaction with House pages came to light last fall.
  As a mother, it was very upsetting to find out that children sent to 
Washington could possibly be preyed upon. As a Member of this House and 
a member of the page board, I was disappointed that the information 
regarding those e-mails was not shared with the full page board.
  But since it is impossible to go back and fix, it is important that 
the House move forward to make the changes to prevent such an incident 
or other incidents that could endanger the safety of young people. 
Certainly, we all know that one of the most important rules of this 
House is for Members, of course, to conduct themselves in a manner that 
reflects credibility of the House.
  But it is imperative that we learn lessons from last year's situation 
and take the steps necessary to better protect House pages and to 
ensure that any potential problem is investigated fully.
  Mr. Speaker, many of the items in this bill are suggestions that I 
made to the page board in October, and I will include this letter into 
the Record listing my reasons for supporting this.
  This legislation balances the partisan make-up of the page board by 
incorporating two pages from each party. I believe this provision is 
important, not just symbolically but it is also important because it 
demonstrates that nothing within the page board is ever construed as 
partisan.
  It is important that everyone involved, House Members, staff, 
employees, pages, dorm supervisors alike feel comfortable approaching 
the page board with any information about possible threats to the 
safety of the children in this program. Demonstrating that the board is 
truly bipartisan should make this easier.
  Expanding membership to include a former page and the parent of a 
current or recent page will improve discussions on policies for the 
page program and provide that additional perspective, that additional 
set of eyes and ears for any problems that may arise.
  Certainly, regular meetings, I heartily agree, of the page board, 
will help shed light on any trouble facing our pages, and I am pleased 
that this provision has been included in the bill.
  My hope is that other recommendations that have been put forward, 
such as a peer counseling program, better communications, will 
strengthen this program as we move forward into the future.

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  I commend the leaders of both parties for agreeing to take action to 
better protect the pages who serve this House; and, again, I thank Mr. 
Kildee for offering this bill. This is a good bipartisan piece of 
legislation, and I ask my colleagues to support it.
                                                  October 5, 2006.
     Hon. John Shimkus,
     Hon. Dale Kildee,
     Mr. Bill Livingood, Sergeant-at-Arms.
       Dear Page Board Member: This week has been difficult for 
     all Members of Congress, as well as for the institution in 
     which we serve. Make no mistake, the revelation of Mark 
     Foley's despicable actions have been difficult on the young 
     people in our Page Program as well. I am confident that I 
     speak for the entire Page Board in expressing outrage and 
     hoping that anyone involved in this tragic sequence of events 
     be severely punished.
       Today, Speaker Hastert called for the Page Program to be 
     reviewed and strengthened. As the Speaker correctly stated, 
     times have changed since this great program was created, and 
     I believe it is incumbent upon us to ensure we address these 
     changes as they pertain to the Page Program.
       As a fellow member of the Page Board, I write to you today 
     for two reasons: (1) To offer my full support for the 
     continuation of the Page Program, and (2) Offer my 
     suggestions on how we can begin to update and strengthen this 
     program to ensure it continues to offer a safe learning 
     experience for our nation's young people.
       As we move forward, I ask that we consider using the 
     following items as a starting point for reform to the Page 
     Program:
       (1) Increase the number of Members of Congress on the Page 
     Board and, like the Committee on Standards & Official 
     Conduct, establish equal representation from both parties on 
     the Page Board. I know we all agree that the issue of safety 
     for the young people in the Page Program is not a partisan 
     one.
       (2) Developing a peer counseling program within the Page 
     Program. Modeled after peer programs that have been 
     successful in our educational system, this would provide 
     pages with an additional outlet to express any problems or 
     concerns that may be easier than reporting to an adult.
       (3) The implementation of monthly meetings with the Page 
     Board, pages, as well as a representative from the U.S. 
     Capitol Police. We should create a system in which all 
     members of the Page Board have more information on any 
     potential problem facing the pages, including receiving 
     reports from the Capitol Police on any possible problems with 
     crime activity on Capitol Hill or in the page dorm 
     neighborhood.
       (4) Establish training and guidelines on educating Members 
     of Congress and pages on the job description and 
     responsibilities of those in the Page Program as well as 
     proper relationships with pages, Members of Congress, or any 
     employee of the House of the Representatives.
       I look forward to working with you to achieve our shared 
     goal of improving this great program, and more importantly, 
     ensuring we have put in place the best procedures to protect 
     the safety and welfare of the young people in the Page 
     Program.

  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, now I would like to yield 3 
minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt), a former page.
  Mr. HOLT. I thank the Chair for her time and for presenting this 
legislation. I also commend the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), 
the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers), the gentlewoman from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito), and the others who have been involved in this.
  Mr. Speaker, it is important because of the tradition and because of 
the future. I know some people have said why does Congress even 
maintain the page program. We could privatize it. We could have 
messengers. Why does Congress even maintain a dormitory?

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  Because we contribute to the growth and the education of future 
leaders.
  I speak as a former page, many decades past now, but I must count 
that as one of the formative experiences of my life. The pages learn 
the discipline of employment, they learn teamwork, but they also take 
to heart the democratic process, the representative government. They 
literally walk in the footsteps of some of the great figures of 
history. But we have a responsibility as Members of Congress not just 
for their education and growth, but also for their safety.
  This legislation is important. I am pleased that the legislation 
mandates that the Page Board be composed of equal numbers of 
Republicans and Democrats, that it include a former page and a page 
parent, and mandates regular meetings of the board, so that the board 
is constantly aware and makes us in this body constantly aware of our 
responsibility for the welfare and the growth and the safety and the 
education of the pages.
  The country is better off because of these pages, many of whom have 
gone on to important leadership positions and contributed in so many 
ways, in their hometowns, in their home States, and, in many cases, in 
the Federal Government.
  As a former page and as a parent, I was offended and shocked at the 
breach of trust that occurred in the past year. But I am pleased that 
we are acting today to address systemic shortcomings and to prevent any 
such occurrence in the future, and, more to the point, working to make 
this a truly positive experience for all pages, all these young men and 
women, future leaders, and important employees and public servants even 
now.
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to 
just make a few closing comments.
  Mr. Speaker, I am just delighted with this piece of legislation. I 
congratulate Mr. Kildee, my esteemed colleague from the State of 
Michigan, and also Mrs. Shelley Moore Capito, who spoke earlier. It is 
a good piece of legislation. It is, unfortunately, needed. But it 
should have been in place before. It might have helped to prevent some 
of the events we had this past year.
  So I strongly support this legislation. I urge all of our colleagues 
to vote for it. May we all have a better Page Board and a better Page 
Program and continue one of the most outstanding programs that a young 
person in this Nation can participate in.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the ranking member on the 
Committee on House Administration for his stewardship and his 
leadership in the Page Program. I would like to thank all of those who 
were responsible for this great legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, this House must pass this bill. The Page Program is a 
treasured institution that offers youngsters from across this country 
the opportunity to serve and to learn firsthand about the Congress, 
while helping us to conduct the Nation's business.
  As I said this morning to the pages when I was coming in, this is 
your bill. Of all the bills you have heard throughout the years you 
have been here, this one is yours, and we are happy to introduce this 
bill today.
  Recent unfortunate events have shown that the governance of the Page 
Program needs reform. The House minority must be brought into the 
process as full partners with equal representation, eliminating any 
hint of partisanship. This is why I applaud the Speaker of this House. 
She wants to make sure, as much as we can, to have nonpartisanship in 
conducting the business of the People's House.
  This board will benefit from new representation of parents and former 
pages themselves, and that is an added incentive, Mr. Speaker, because 
when you have parents and when you have former pages, they can have 
input that will benefit these pages who are here with us.
  These and other reforms proposed by the gentleman from Michigan and 
the gentlewoman from West Virginia, who have served diligently on the 
Page Board, will greatly improve the program. I think also the increase 
in meetings will be an additive as well, Mr. Speaker.
  So I am proud for all of those who have been part and parcel of this 
legislation, as well as I am proud of our new Speaker, who has made 
these reforms part of the agenda for the first days of the new 
Congress.
  I urge all Members now to support this legislation and to protect 
these young folks who come from all areas of this country, coming here 
to do a part and to serve us as we do the people's business.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of 
H.R. 475, the House Page Board Revision Act of 2007. I thank my 
colleagues, Mr. Kildee, the gentleman from Michigan, and Mrs. Capito, 
the gentlewoman from West Virginia, for their good work in crafting 
this bipartisan legislation, which will do much to ensure the safety of 
the pages that serve the United States Congress.
  In view of recent events, parents everywhere are right to be 
concerned for the safety of their children--after all, if children are 
not safe in the Capitol, the seat of the National Government, can they 
be safe anywhere? It is

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important that we pass this legislation today to reassure the public 
that the Capitol is safe for children, including pages.
  The scandal that erupted on September 29, 2007, involving former 
Representative Mark Foley's predatory conduct toward House pages, and 
coverup by the senior House Republican leadership, has led some to call 
for the termination of the Page Program. In my view, that would have 
been a terrible mistake and a terrible commentary upon the ability of 
the House of Representatives to ensure the safety of the children 
entrusted to its care.
  Mr. Speaker, the Page Program needs to be mended not ended. The 
teenagers who serve as congressional pages are outstanding young men 
and women, invariably chosen because of their high achievement and 
outstanding service to their community. Service as a page is often a 
stepping stone to greater public service and nearly always a window 
into history. The program's alumni include Representative Tom Davis, 
Representative Dan Boren, Senator Christopher Dodd, and Microsoft 
founder Bill Gates.
  Instead of eliminating the page program, we need to get rid of sexual 
predators in office. An important part of the new Democratic majority's 
agenda is end the culture of corruption that pervaded the previous 
Congress and to make the 110th Congress the most ethical Congress in 
history.
  The page program is a good thing; the kids that are in it are good 
kids. Right now, security for pages in Washington includes curfews, a 
buddy system when they leave their dormitory, 24-hour security at the 
residence hall, sign-outs when the pages leave, parental notification 
for many extracurricular activities, and a pre-program orientation 
laying out acceptable and unacceptable behavior for pages.
  Mr. Speaker, as the Chair of the Congressional Children's Caucus, I 
am proud to support this legislation today. I support H.R. 475 because 
it will ensure more oversight of the Page Program in Congress, thus 
reducing substantially the risk of exposing pages to harmful persons or 
conduct. We must show America that we are striving to keep America's 
children safe, starting here on Capitol Hill.
  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ross). All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, January 18, 2007, the 
bill is considered read and the previous question is ordered.
  The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 416, 
nays 0, not voting 18, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 42]

                               YEAS--416

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Arcuri
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd (FL)
     Boyda (KS)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Buchanan
     Burgess
     Butterfield
     Campbell (CA)
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle
     Castor
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Clarke
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cohen
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Costa
     Costello
     Courtney
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, David
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Lincoln
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donnelly
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ellison
     Ellsworth
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     Visclosky

                              {time}  1117

  Mrs. BIGGERT changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to consider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. NORWOOD. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 42, on passage of H.R. 475, 
House Page Board Revision Act, had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea.''
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, if I had been present earlier today, 
Friday, January 19, 2007, I would have voted as follows on today's 
recorded vote: rollcall No. 42, ``yea''--H.R. 475--House Page Board 
Revision Act of 2007.
  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, January 19, 2007, I was 
absent due to a family obligation. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 42, agreeing to H.R. 475--to revise the 
composition of the House of Representatives Page Board to equalize the 
number of members representing the majority and minority parties and to 
include a member representing the parents of pages and a member 
representing former pages.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 42, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea.''




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