[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 32411]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       COMMUNICATION FROM THE SPEAKER AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

                                            Office of the Speaker,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                Washington, DC, December 11, 2003.
     Hon. Jeff Trandahl,
     Clerk of the House of Representatives,
     U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Clerk: For purposes of House Joint Resolution 80 
     for the 108th Congress, I hereby designate Representative Tom 
     DeLay of Texas to act jointly with the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate or his designee, in the event of my death or 
     inability, to notify the Members of the House and Senate, 
     respectively, of any reassembly under section 2 of such joint 
     resolution. In the event of the death or inability of my 
     designee, the alternate Members of the House listed in the 
     letter bearing this date that I have placed with you are 
     designated, in turn, for the same purpose.
           Sincerely,
                                                J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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