[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            SERVING LOUISIANA WITH HONOR, HUMILITY, AND AWE

  (Mr. VITTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VITTER. Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen of the House, 
distinguished Congressman Tauzin and other members of the Louisiana 
delegation, I am honored, humbled, awestruck to stand before you today.
  My goal in the years ahead is simply this: to become at ease and 
comfortable with you as I become a respected colleague and friend; to 
become at ease and comfortable with the ways of the House as I become 
an effective Congressman; but never to become so at ease and 
comfortable that I lose these feelings of honor, of humility, of awe. 
And how could I? This is the people's House. You, we, are the people's 
representatives, a vital part of the most powerful and moral political 
experiment in human history.
  I look forward to always honoring you as the people's representatives 
and to working constructively with you on the people's business.
  In closing, I would like to recognize the forces that have brought me 
here today: God; family, led by my parents and wife; friends; and, of 
course, the wonderful people of Louisiana's First Congressional 
District. They are here today, they are here always, and I thank them 
from the depths of my heart.

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