[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18006]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO HEAR AN ADDRESS BY HIS 
        EXCELLENCY ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE, PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

  The Speaker of the House presided.
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms, Richard Wilson, announced the 
President pro tempore and Members of the U.S. Senate who entered the 
Hall of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the 
Senate taking the chair at the right of the Speaker, and the Members of 
the Senate the seats reserved for them.
  The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints as members of the committee on the 
part of the House to escort His Excellency Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the 
Prime Minister of India, into the Chamber:
  The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey);
  The gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay);
  The gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Watts);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Cox);
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman);
  The gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Royce);
  The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood);
  The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt);
  The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez);
  The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Gejdenson);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos);
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. Ackerman);
  The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone);
  The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown); and
  The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The President pro tempore of the Senate, 
at the direction of that body, appoints the following Senators as a 
committee on the part of the Senate to escort His Excellency Atal 
Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister of India, into the House Chamber:
  The Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott);
  The Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar);
  The Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas);
  The Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback);
  The Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel);
  The Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Chafee);
  The Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin);
  The Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden);
  The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid);
  The Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry); and
  The Senator from New York (Mr. Moynihan).
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms announced the Acting Dean of 
the Diplomatic Corps, His Excellency Kingsley Layne, Ambassador of St. 
Vincent and the Grenadines.

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  At 10 o'clock and 7 minutes a.m., the Assistant to the Sergeant at 
Arms announced the Prime Minister of India, His Excellency Atal Bihari 
Vajpayee.
  The Prime Minister of India, escorted by the committee of Senators 
and Representatives, entered the Hall of the House of Representatives, 
while seated at the Official Reporters of Debates chair at the rostrum.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]
  The SPEAKER. Members of the Congress, it is my great privilege and I 
deem it a high honor and a personal pleasure to present to you the 
Prime Minister of India, His Excellency, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]

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