[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11061-11064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRATULATING AND SALUTING FOCUS: HOPE ON ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY

  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and 
agree to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 295) congratulating 
and saluting Focus: HOPE on the occasion of its 35th anniversary and 
for its remarkable commitment and contributions to Detroit, the State 
of Michigan, and the United States.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 295

       Whereas Focus: HOPE began as a civil and human rights 
     organization in 1968 in the wake of the devastating Detroit 
     riots, and was co-founded by the late Father William T. Cun-
     ning-
     ham, a Roman Catholic priest, and Eleanor M. Josaitis, a 
     suburban housewife, who were inspired to establish Focus: 
     HOPE by the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE is committed to bringing together 
     people of all races, faiths, and economic backgrounds to 
     overcome injustice and build racial harmony, and it has grown 
     to one of the largest nonprofit organizations in Michigan;
       Whereas the Focus: HOPE mission statement states: 
     ``Recognizing the dignity and beauty of every person, we 
     pledge intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, 
     poverty and injustice. And to build a metropolitan community 
     where all people may live in freedom, harmony, trust and 
     affection. Black and white, yellow, brown and red from 
     Detroit and its suburbs of every economic status, national 
     origin and religious persuasion we join in this covenant.'';
       Whereas one of Focus: HOPE's early efforts was to support 
     African-American and female employees in a seminal class 
     action suit against AAA, resulting in one of the finest 
     affirmative action commitments made by any corporation up to 
     that time;

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       Whereas Focus: HOPE helped to conceive of and develop the 
     Department of Agriculture's Commodity Supplemental Food 
     Program which has been replicated in 32 states, and through 
     this program Focus: HOPE helps to feed 43,000 people per 
     month throughout Southeast Michigan;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE has revitalized several city blocks in 
     central Detroit by redeveloping obsolete industrial 
     buildings, beautifying and landscaping Oakman Boulevard, 
     creating pocket parks, and rehabilitating homes in the 
     surrounding areas;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE's Machinist Training Institute has been 
     training individuals from Detroit and beyond for careers in 
     advanced manufacturing and precision machining since 1981, 
     and has sent forth nearly 2,500 certified graduates, 
     providing an opportunity for primarily under-represented 
     minority youth, women, and others to gain access to the 
     financial mainstream and learn in-demand skills;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE, with assistance from Michigan, the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other 
     generous private and public partners, has within the last two 
     years invested over $10 million to complete the renovation of 
     the industrial building housing its Machinist Training 
     Institute;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE has recognized that manufacturing and 
     information technologies are key to the economic growth and 
     security of Michigan and the United States, and is committed 
     to designing programs that would contribute to the 
     participation of under-represented urban individuals in these 
     critical sectors;
       Whereas, in 1982, Focus: HOPE began a for-profit subsidiary 
     that was initiated for community economic development 
     purposes and is now designated with Federal HUBZone status;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE created two pioneering programs--FAST 
     TRACK and First Step--designed to help individuals improve 
     their reading and math competencies by a minimum of two grade 
     levels in 4-7 weeks;
       Whereas these programs have graduated over 7,000 
     individuals since their inception, a new offsite training 
     facility in Detroit's Empowerment Zone in southwest Detroit 
     has been established to reach out to individuals in other 
     parts of the city, and the success of the programs has 
     inspired Michigan (in its State-wide FAST BREAK program) and 
     other States to replicate the efforts of Focus: HOPE;
       Whereas, in 1987, Focus: HOPE reclaimed and renovated an 
     abandoned building and opened it as a Center for Children, 
     which has now served over 5,000 children of colleagues, 
     students, and neighbors with quality child care, including 
     latchkey, early childhood education, and other educational 
     services;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE, through an unprecedented co-operative 
     agreement between the Departments of Defense, Commerce, 
     Education, and Labor, established a National demonstration 
     project--the Center for Advanced Technologies--in which 
     candidates earn associates and bachelors degrees in either 
     manufacturing engineering or technology, and engage in hands-
     on manufacturing within-real world conditions, producing 
     parts for DaimlerChrysler, Detroit Diesel, Ford Motor 
     Company, General Motors Corporation, the Department of 
     Defense, and others;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE has caused over $22 million to be 
     invested in renovating a previously obsolete building to 
     house the Center for Advanced Technologies, transforming the 
     building into a model facility for 21st century advanced 
     manufacturing, education, and research;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE has made outstanding contributions 
     toward increasing diversity within the traditional homogenous 
     science, math, engineering, and technology fields, and 95 
     percent of currently enrolled degree candidates are African-
     American, representing perhaps the United States' largest 
     producer of bachelor-degreed minority graduates in 
     manufacturing engineering;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE's unique research and development 
     partnership with the Department of Defense has resulted in a 
     nationally recognized demonstration project, the Mobile Parts 
     Hospital, whose Rapid Manufacturing System has recently been 
     deployed to Kuwait in support of the Armed Forces' current 
     operations in Afghanistan and Iraq;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE began a community arts program in 1995, 
     presenting multicultural arts programming and gallery 
     exhibitions designed to educate and encourage area residents, 
     while fostering integration in a culturally diverse 
     metropolitan community, and over 43,000 people have viewed 
     sponsored exhibits or participated in this program;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE established an Information Technologies 
     Center in 1999, providing Detroit students with industry-
     certified training programs in network administration, 
     network installation, and desktop and server administration, 
     and has graduated nearly 475 students to date, and has 
     initiated, in collaboration with industry and academia, the 
     design of a new bachelors degree program to educate 
     information management systems engineers;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE's initiatives and programs have been 
     nationally recognized for excellence and leadership by such 
     organizations as the Government Accounting Office, the 
     Department of Labor, the International Standards 
     Organization, the National Science Foundation, the Cisco 
     Networking Academy Program, Fortune Magazine, Forbes 
     Magazine, the Aspen Institute, and many others, and former 
     Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton have visited 
     Focus: HOPE's campus;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE is currently led by Eleanor M. 
     Josaitis, its co-founder and chief executive officer, and she 
     has received honorary degrees from 11 outstanding 
     universities and colleges, was named one of the 100 Most 
     Influential Women in 2002 by Crain's Detroit Business, has 
     been inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, has 
     received the Detroit NAACP Presidential Award, the Arab-
     American Institute Foundation's Kahlil Gibran Spirit of 
     Humanity Award, as well as many other awards;
       Whereas through the generous partnerships and support of 
     individuals from all walks of life, Federal, State, and local 
     government, and foundations and corporations across the 
     United States, the vision of Focus: HOPE will continue to 
     grow and inspire;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE has been blessed with an active board 
     of directors and advisory board from the senior most levels 
     of corporate and public America, and has benefited from an 
     annual average of 25,000 volunteers and countless colleagues;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE has been a tremendous force for good in 
     the City of Detroit, the State of Michigan, and the United 
     States for the past 35 years;
       Whereas Focus: HOPE continues to strive to eliminate 
     racism, poverty, and injustice through the use of passion, 
     persistence, and partnerships, and continues to seek 
     improvement in its quality of service and program operations; 
     and
       Whereas Focus: HOPE and its colleagues will continue to 
     identify ways in which it can lead Detroit, the State of 
     Michigan, and the United States into the future with creative 
     urban leadership initiatives: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That Congress--
       (1) congratulates and salutes Focus: HOPE for its 
     remarkable commitment and contributions to Detroit, the State 
     of Michigan, and the United States; and
       (2) directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to 
     make available enrolled copies of this resolution to Focus: 
     HOPE and Ms. Eleanor M. Josaitis for appropriate display.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Mrs. Miller) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Miller).


                             General Leave

  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and 
extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H. Con. Res. 
295, the concurrent resolution under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as 
I might consume.
  Mr. Speaker, in the wake of the 1967 terrible Detroit riots, Father 
William Cunningham and Eleanor Josaitis founded Focus: HOPE as an 
organization to fight racism and poverty in the metropolitan Detroit 
area. This resolution congratulates and salutes Focus: HOPE for its 
remarkable commitment and contributions to Detroit, to the State of 
Michigan, and to the entire United States.
  I commend my colleague, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), 
for introducing this resolution. The entire Michigan delegation has 
cosponsored the resolution, and I am pleased that we can recognize 
Focus: HOPE and all of the great things that this organization has done 
for its surrounding communities.
  Mr. Speaker, outside of the metropolitan Detroit area, Focus: HOPE 
may not be well known to our average citizen, but people who are 
familiar with this organization know how great an organization it is.
  In 1971, Focus: HOPE began providing food for children, as well as 
pregnant and post-partum women. The program soon expanded to include 
senior citizens; and today, with food that is provided through the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Focus: HOPE provides food to an incredible 
number, 43,000 children, women and senior citizens, each month in the 
Detroit metropolitan area.

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  Focus: HOPE has provided hope to individuals and families for over 35 
years. In addition to providing food for those in immediate need, the 
organization's revolutionary job-training and education programs 
provide people with the tools and the resources necessary to pull 
themselves and their families out of the brutal cycle of poverty.

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  Mr. Speaker, Focus: HOPE opened its Machinists Training Institute in 
1981. It is a 31-week program in which students receive over 1,100 
contact hours. The training is very comprehensive and at a fraction of 
the cost of traditional job training. Along with their FAST TRACK 
program and First Step programs, students develop necessary skills to 
enter the workforce.
  In 1993, Focus: HOPE developed the Center for Advanced Technologies 
to form a coalition of universities and corporations to design a 21st 
century curriculum for manufacturing engineering education. Very sadly, 
Father Cunningham passed away in 1997. But along with the incredible 
Eleanor Josaitis, who still acts as the Chief Executive Officer, their 
great visions and hard work has provided people with an opportunity 
which would not exist otherwise.
  Mr. Speaker, Focus: HOPE's value to the poor and disadvantaged of the 
Detroit metropolitan area cannot be measured. It is a great 
organization run by individuals who truly care about our Nation's 
citizens. This resolution, 295, will bring much-deserved attention to 
Focus: HOPE and its dedicated employees and volunteers. The work they 
do is sometimes thankless and sometimes goes unnoticed, but I urge my 
colleagues to support House Concurrent Resolution 295 and to thank 
these outstanding individuals for their great work.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, it is often asked, what makes a person a hero? Working 
with others to improve one's community, I believe, is the act of a 
hero. In 1967, a riot left metropolitan Detroit sharply divided along 
racial lines. By early 1968, shock had deepened into bitterness and 
hostility.
  Among all of this chaos and confusion, two members of the Detroit 
community, Father William T. Cunning-
ham and Eleanor M. Josaitis, joined together to make a difference. 
Soon, Focus: HOPE was born, and out of it came a tightly-knit movement 
of like-minded people who are committed to intelligent and practical 
action to overcome racism, poverty and injustice.
  Over the last 37 years, Focus: HOPE has participated in countless 
projects that have improved the quality of life for thousands of 
America's neediest people. In 1971, after gathering scientific evidence 
of the effects of hunger and malnutrition on the critical early 
development of infants, Focus: HOPE designed a supplemental food 
program for children up to age 6 and for pregnant and postpartum women. 
The program, which was later expanded to include senior citizens, was 
the first and remains one of the largest Commodity Supplemental Food 
Programs in the country. Food for this program has been provided to as 
many as 43,000 women, children, and senior citizens each month in the 
Detroit metropolitan area.
  Focus: HOPE's contributions are not limited to its food program. When 
years of negligence turned one of Detroit's oldest neighborhoods into a 
canyon of vacant and dilapidated homes, Focus: HOPE took the initiative 
and revitalized several blocks of the once prosperous neighborhood by 
redeveloping outdated buildings, improving the landscape of Oakman 
Boulevard, developing parks and rebuilding homes. In addition, over the 
past 2 years alone, Focus: HOPE has helped raise $10 million to 
complete renovations of an old industrial building that is to house its 
own Machinists Training Institute.
  Today, we stand united in this Chamber to pay homage to Focus: HOPE 
for its remarkable commitment and contributions to Detroit, the State 
of Michigan, and the United States. Americans who possess the vision 
and generosity of Eleanor M. Josaitis and the late Father William T. 
Cunning-
ham are truly American heroes, and Focus: HOPE is a tribute to their 
legacy.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers) for 
introducing this legislation, and I urge its support.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume to urge all Members to support the adoption of House 
Concurrent Resolution 295.
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I would like to join my Michigan 
colleagues in rising in support of House Concurrent Resolution 295, 
which congratulates and salutes Focus: HOPE on its 35th anniversary.
  Focus: HOPE, located in Detroit, is the result of the vision of 
Father William T. Cunningham and Eleanor Josaitis, who were compelled 
to make a difference as the 1967 riot left metropolitan Detroit sharply 
divided along racial lines. Ever since, Focus: HOPE has been committed 
to bringing together people of all races, faiths, and economic 
backgrounds. In short, the accomplishments of this organization are 
nothing short of remarkable. For example, Focus: HOPE helped to 
conceive and develop the Department of Agriculture's Commodity 
Supplemental Food Program, which has been replicated in 32 states. 
Through this program, Focus: HOPE helps feed 43,000 people monthly 
throughout Southeast Michigan.
  Additionally, Focus: HOPE has revitalized several city blocks in 
central Detroit by redeveloping obsolete industrial buildings, 
beautifying and landscaping Oakman Boulevard, creating pocket parks, 
and rehabilitating homes in the surrounding areas.
  For these reasons, as a senior member of the House Appropriations 
Committee, I have been pleased to assist Focus: HOPE over the past 
several years. Their growing list of accomplishments fills me with 
pride and I will continue to support them in future years.
  And so, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in commemorating 
this pillar of the community that has achieved so much in the great 
state of Michigan. I am confident Focus: HOPE will continue down this 
path for many years to come. Their mission statement states in part: 
``Recognizing the dignity and beauty of every person, we pledge 
intelligent and practical action to overcome racism, poverty and 
injustice.'' Focus: HOPE's years of excellence have demonstrated that 
they do indeed stand behind their message.
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support H. Con. Res. 295 
introduced by Congressman John Conyers. This resolution congratulates 
and salutes Focus: HOPE on its 35th anniversary and for its remarkable 
commitment and contributions to the City of Detroit, the State of 
Michigan, and the United States.
  FOCUS: HOPE was founded in 1968 by Father William Cunningham and 
Eleanor M. Josaitis in response to the Detroit riots that left the city 
in turmoil. It is a nationally recognized civil and human rights 
organization in Detroit, Michigan and is one of the largest nonprofit 
organizations in Michigan.
  Since its beginning, Focus: HOPE has been committed to fighting 
racism, poverty, and injustice. In 1968, in response to a study by the 
Detroit Free Press and the Urban League, Focus: HOPE organized a search 
for evidence of widespread discrimination in food and prescription drug 
prices. From the investigation, the HOPE '68 study was published. The 
study was the first to offer definitive proof of systematic 
discrimination in food pricing.
  In 1971, after gathering scientific evidence of the effects of hunger 
and malnutrition on the critical early development of infants, Focus: 
HOPE developed a supplemental food program for children up to age six, 
and for pregnant and post-partum women. The program, later expanded to 
include senior citizens, was the first and remains one of the largest 
Commodity Supplemental Food Programs in the country, with food provided 
through the Department of Agriculture to 43,000 women, children and 
senior citizens each month throughout Southeast Michigan.
  In addition to addressing the societal needs of the community, in 
1981, the organization opened its Machinist Training Institute (MTI), 
to provide skills development in precision machining and metalworking. 
The institute has graduated more than 2,300 machinists.
  Focus: HOPE created two pioneering programs--FAST TRACK and First 
Step--designed to help individuals improve their reading and math 
competencies by a minimum of

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two grade levels in 4-7 weeks. The organization also opened a Center 
for Children, which has now served over 5,000 children of colleagues, 
students, and neighbors with quality childcare and early childhood 
education.
  Focus: HOPE has also partnered with many businesses and schools 
through the years. In 1993 Focus: HOPE developed the Center for 
Advanced Technologies to address the shortage of manufacturing 
engineers with hands-on skills. The organization formed a coalition 
with three university partners: Lawrence Technological University, 
Wayne State University and the University of Detroit Mercy and several 
corporations to design a curriculum for manufacturing engineering 
education.
  The volunteer effort of Focus: HOPE brings together thousands of 
people each year to operate various programs including preparing boxes 
of food that are delivered to low-income families during the holidays, 
neighborhood cleanup and revitalization projects and programs that 
concentrate on education, the arts, manufacturing, engineering, and 
information technology training.
  Last year in October, I joined Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm 
and Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow for Focus: HOPE's Walk 
2003. This annual walk through the streets of Detroit, to celebrate our 
rich diversity, is patterned after the nonviolent marches led by Dr. 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Approximately 8,000 people from metropolitan 
Detroit walked an eight-mile route through Highland Park and Detroit. 
The route includes the area where the 1967 riots broke out, the first 
Ford Motor Company automotive production facility, and the original 
Motown recording studios.
  Again, I would like to thank the late Father Cunningham and Eleanor 
M. Josaitis for their vision. Focus: HOPE has helped thousands of 
people fulfill their purpose in life. Focus: HOPE's commitment to 
bringing together people of all races, faiths, and economic backgrounds 
to overcome injustice and build racial harmony is an inspiration for us 
all.
  I also thank the leadership for allowing this resolution to be 
included on today's suspension calendar.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of House Concurrent 
Resolution 295, which congratulates Focus: HOPE on the occasion of its 
35th anniversary. I am proud to be an original cosponsor of this 
measure, and urge all my colleagues to vote for it today.
  Focus: HOPE was established in 1968 by the late Father William 
Cunningham and Eleanor Josaitis. The riots of 1967 had a deep impact on 
the entire Detroit metropolitan area. For all the damage the riots did 
to our communities, one positive and lasting impact was that they 
served as a catalyst for the creation of Focus: HOPE. This organization 
started out as a food program and grew into a broad-scale attack on 
poverty, racism and injustice. Today, Focus: HOPE is a vital part of 
Detroit and the surrounding metropolitan area, focusing its energy and 
innovation on practical solutions to the difficult problems of Hunger, 
economic disparity, joblessness, discrimination, and educational 
disadvantage.
  I feel fortunate to have known Father Cunningham during the many 
years of his work with Focus: HOPE. This work continues under the 
guidance of my dear friend, Eleanor Josaitis, who co-founded this 
organization and serves as its chief operating officer.
  As the resolution notes, Focus: HOPE has been a unique force for good 
for the past 35 years. For all of us who share Father Cunningham's 
dream that all people may live and work together in freedom, harmony, 
trust and affection, this resolution congratulates and salutes the 
contributions of Focus: HOPE to Detroit, the State of Michigan, and the 
nation.
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of House 
Concurrent Resolution 295, congratulating Focus: HOPE on its 35th 
anniversary. For three and a half decades, Focus: HOPE has been a 
leading voice for the poor and underprivileged in Southeastern 
Michigan. It has helped feed the poor, educate our young, and foster 
cultural understanding between diverse populations. Focus: HOPE 
deserves our recognition and gratitude for all that is has done and 
will continue to do.
  Co-founded by Father William Cunningham and Eleanor Josaitis, Focus: 
HOPE is a community based organization dedicated to employing practical 
and intelligent action to eliminate racism, poverty, and injustice. It 
has the largest United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
Commodity Supplemental Food Program in the nation. Each month, more 
than 43,000 mothers, children under age six, and senior citizens living 
on meager incomes get help through the Focus: HOPE Commodity 
Supplemental Food Program. That alone would garner recognition and 
plaudits for Focus: HOPE.
  Yet, this organization has made economic opportunity the primary 
focus, leading to the development of some of the most highly respected 
and innovative education and training programs in the nation. By 
partnering with industry, universities, and governments, Focus: HOPE 
has created a pipeline of programs that offer both the technical and 
educational knowledge critical for a 21st century workforce. Moreover, 
Focus: HOPE supplies the opportunity, including childcare on campus and 
softskills training, for its students to be successful in their chosen 
career. More than 3,000 individuals have graduated from Focus: HOPE's 
Centers of Opportunity, obtaining jobs in the manufacturing, 
engineering and information technology fields. Mr. Speaker, I have long 
supported the efforts of Focus: HOPE, and congratulate them on their 
35th anniversary. I ask my colleagues to recognize the importance of 
this very fine organization by supporting this concurrent resolution.
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Focus: HOPE, a 
non-profit organization inspired by the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, 
Jr., and founded by Father William T. Cunningham in 1968 in the city of 
Detroit. Focus: HOPE was founded as a civil rights organization, and 
now works to overcome racial and economic injustices, and has numerous 
other accomplishments
  Focus: HOPE has played an important role in acquiring affirmative 
action commitments from many employers through supporting African-
American and female employees in class-action lawsuits. The non-profit 
organization has also helped to develop a program through the 
Agriculture Department's Commodity Supplemental Food Program, which is 
now responsible for feeding more than 43,000 people per month in 
southeast Michigan. Additionally, it has assisted in the revitalization 
of several areas in central Detroit by creating parks, rehabilitating 
homes, and redeveloping obsolete buildings.
  Additionally, Focus: HOPE has trained individuals for courses in 
advanced manufacturing and precision machining, which has resulted in 
the graduation of 2,500 people from their certification programs, 
thereby providing work opportunities to under-represented youth, women, 
and many others. Focus: HOPE has also developed two programs aimed at 
helping individuals improve their reading and math competencies. The 
organization has also enrolled candidates toward associate and bachelor 
degrees in engineering and technology programs, and as a result, has 
made contributions toward increasing diversity within these fields. 
Most of all, this resolution recognizes Focus: HOPE for its commitment 
and contributions to human rights in Detroit and the United States.
  Focus: HOPE is a critically important organization that has been a 
tremendous asset to the city of Detroit. For this reason, I commend 
Focus: HOPE's work in improving the quality of life for citizens of 
Detroit who may not have had access to many opportunities, but who have 
the desire to succeed in life, and want to become contributing citizens 
of the economic mainstream.
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Upton). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Miller) that the House 
suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 
295.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of 
those present have voted in the affirmative.
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.

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