[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 11 (Friday, January 19, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H764-H768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Everett
Fallin
Farr
Feeney
Ferguson
Filner
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gillibrand
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hall (TX)
Hare
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Hoekstra
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Hulshof
Hunter
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Issa
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
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Burton (IN)
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Lucas
Marchant
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Napolitano
Norwood
Simpson
Smith (WA)
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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