[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 121 (Thursday, July 26, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H8743-H8744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       126. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the City of North 
     Miami, Florida, relative to Resolution No. R-2007-83 
     requesting the Congress of the United States appropriate 
     funds necessary to bring the Herbert Hoover Dike into 
     compliance with current levee protection safety standards; to 
     the Committee on Appropriations.
       127. Also, a petition of the City of Miami Commission, 
     Florida, relative to Resolution No. 07-0293 expressing 
     support for the letter sent to the United States Senate 
     Appropriations Committee, by the majority of the Senators of 
     the United States, rejecting the Administration's recommended 
     twenty percent cuts to the Community Development Block Grant 
     Program and asking for an increase in the level of funding 
     for Fiscal Year 2008; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       128. Also, a petition of the City of Miami Commission, 
     Florida, relative to Resolution No. 07-0297 expressing 
     support for the letter sent to the United States Senate 
     Approriations Committee, by the majority of the Senators of 
     the United States, rejecting the Administration's recommended 
     twenty percent cuts to the Community Development Block Grant 
     Program, and asking for an increase in the level of funding 
     for Fiscal Year 2009; to the Committee on Financial Services.
       129. Also, a petition of the City of Middletown Common 
     Council, New York, relative to Resolution No. 167.07 calling 
     on the Congress of the United States to formally and properly 
     investigate these charges and determine if impeachment is 
     warranted, and if found to be so warranted to vote to impeach 
     President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. 
     Cheney; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       130. Also, a petition of the Board of Trustees of the 
     Village of Montebello, New York, relative to Resolution No. 
     07-091 supporting a review by the Congress of the United 
     States of the ``Religious Land Use and Institutionalized 
     Persons Act of 2000''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       131. Also, a petition of the Wheeler Crest Fire Prevention 
     District, California, relative to requesting funding 
     assistance for updated equipment; to the Committee on Science 
     and Technology.

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       132. Also, a petition of the Lorain County Board of 
     Commissioners, Ohio, relative to Resolution No. 07-432 
     calling on the United States Government to commit and develop 
     a firm strategy and timetable to begin the orderly and 
     comprehensive withdrawal of U.S. military personnel and bases 
     from Iraq as soon as possible; jointly to the Committees on 
     Armed Services and Foreign Affairs.
       133. Also, a petition of the City Council of New Orleans, 
     Louisiana, relative to Resolution No. R-07-258 supporting the 
     construction of a new Medical Center of Louisiana at New 
     Orleans teaching hospital and a new Veterans Administration 
     Hospital in the New Orleans downtown medical district; 
     jointly to the Committees on Education and Labor and 
     Veterans' Affairs.

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