[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18595-18596]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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 JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO HEAR AN ADDRESS BY THE RIGHT 
  HONORABLE TONY BLAIR, PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT 
                      BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

  The Speaker of the House presided.
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms, Bill Sims, announced the Vice 
President and Members of the U.S. Senate who entered the Hall of the 
House of Representatives, the Vice President taking the chair at the 
right of the Speaker, and the Members of the Senate the seats reserved 
for them.
  The SPEAKER. The Chair has appointed as members of the committee on 
the part of the House to escort the Right Honorable Tony Blair into the 
Chamber:
  The gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay);
  The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt);
  The gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis);
  The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri);
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. King);
  The gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite);
  The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi);
  The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer);
  The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez);
  The gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn);
  The gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro);
  The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton); and
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos).
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The President of the Senate, at the direction of 
that body, has appointed the following Senators as members of the 
committee on the part of the Senate to escort the Right Honorable Tony 
Blair into the House Chamber:
  The Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist);
  The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell);
  The Senator from Alaska (Mr. Stevens);
  The Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Santorum);
  The Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison);
  The Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl);
  The Senator from Virginia (Mr. Allen);
  The Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar);
  The Senator from Colorado (Mr. Campbell);
  The Senator from North Carolina (Mrs. Dole);
  The Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Daschle);
  The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid);
  The Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski);
  The Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden);
  The Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy); and
  The Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd).
  The Committee has been advised to convene in the office of the 
Speaker with the Members of the Senate to escort the Prime Minister 
into the Chamber.
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms announced the Acting Dean of 
the Diplomatic Corps, His Excellency Jesse Bibiano Marehalau, 
Ambassador of Micronesia.
  The Acting Dean of the Diplomatic Corps entered the Hall of the House 
of Representatives and took the seat reserved for him.
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms announced the Cabinet of the 
President of the United States.

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  The Members of the Cabinet of the President of the United States 
entered the Hall of the House of Representatives and took the seats 
reserved for them in front of the Speaker's rostrum.
  At 4 o'clock and 1 minute p.m., the Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms 
announced the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Northern Ireland, the Right Honorable Tony Blair.
  The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Northern Ireland, escorted by the committee of Senators and 
Representatives, entered the Hall of the House of Representatives, and 
stood at the Clerk's desk.
  [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 
Right Honorable Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]

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