[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1094]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL 
                                  CLUB

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                               speech of

                            HON. MIKE PENCE

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 19, 2008

  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Congressional 
Club on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding.
  The Congressional Club was founded to promote friendship and 
cordiality amongst those in public life regardless of their political 
affiliation. It was also founded to bring together the wives of Members 
of Congress in a social setting.
  The Congressional Club is the only club in the world to be founded by 
an Act of Congress, a high honor to the club and evidence of its 
important place in Washington, DC political life. While founded by an 
Act of Congress, the Club does not receive Federal funding and subsists 
solely by membership dues and the sale of cookbooks.
  The Congressional Club Cookbook was first published in 1928, and is a 
popular item in the gift stores on Capitol Hill. There have been 14 
editions of the Cookbook that contains recipes and signatures of 
Members of Congress and their spouses, First Ladies, Ambassadors and 
members of the Club.
  The Club has played a significant role in the community and each year 
donates tens of thousands of dollars to charities in the name of the 
First Lady. Among the recipients of the charitable donations are the 
United National Indian Tribal Youth, literacy programs, the White House 
Library, youth dance troupes, domestic shelters, and child care 
centers.
  The Congressional Club is an organization that leads by example. It 
promotes friendship, civility, community service, and generosity 
despite a difference of opinion with your neighbor, and it is truly an 
example that we should all work diligently to follow.
  I want to take this opportunity to wish the Congressional Club a 
happy 100th anniversary and look forward to the many good works that 
will be done by the Congressional Club in its next 100 years.

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