[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11390]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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            INTRODUCTION OF REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE HERSETH

  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, as Members know, it is the custom of the 
House when a new Member is sworn in after a special election, the 
senior Member from that Member's State has the privilege of introducing 
the new Member to the House. Since South Dakota only has one Member of 
Congress, that is not possible today; and so I have that privilege.
  But I do want to acknowledge the escort committee to the gentlewoman 
from South Dakota (Ms. Herseth), and that does have a nice ring to it, 
and what a distinguished escort committee it is, indeed: our former 
colleague, the Democratic leader in the United States Senate, Tom 
Daschle, and another former colleague from the House of 
Representatives, the distinguished Senator from South Dakota, Tim 
Johnson.
  Mr. Speaker, the gentlewoman from South Dakota (Ms. Herseth) will 
bring to this House of Representatives the values of the heartland of 
America and a voice for her generation. She comes from a very 
distinguished political family in South Dakota. Her grandfather was 
Governor; her parents were public servants, very respected in South 
Dakota. She comes here, though, to make her own mark and to make the 
people of South Dakota very, very proud.
  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to recognize the distinguished 
gentlewoman from South Dakota (Ms. Herseth).

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