[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 26544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      CHRISTMAS DAY IS APPROACHING

  (Mr. EHLERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I just want to take a moment at this time of 
year to recognize that we do have a major holiday approaching. I wore a 
Christmas tie today for that purpose. This is just an effort to first 
of all remind my colleagues and our Nation about the great blessings we 
enjoy in this Nation, that we are true to our religious heritage as 
individuals, that we recognize the major holiday which is of extreme 
importance to the majority of our population, and also in a slightly 
humorous way to remind my colleagues that we really are past the time 
of adjournment, that we should be at home meeting with our 
constituents, reminding them of all that we have done, and also to make 
certain that we spend some time with our families and enjoy our 
Christmas holiday together.

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