[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4840]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND JOINT COMMITTEE 
                       OF CONGRESS ON THE LIBRARY

  Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
House Administration be discharged from further consideration of the 
resolution (H. Res. 147) electing members to the Joint Committee on 
Printing and the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, and ask 
for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire). Is there 
objection to the request of the gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 147

       Resolved, 

     SECTION 1. ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
                   AND JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON THE LIBRARY.

       (a) Joint Committee on Printing.--The following Members are 
     hereby elected to the Joint Committee on Printing, to serve 
     with the chair of the Committee on House Administration:
       (1) Mr. Doolittle.
       (2) Mr. Reynolds.
       (3) Ms. Millender-McDonald.
       (4) Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania.
       (b) Joint Committee of Congress on the Library.--The 
     following Members are hereby elected to the Joint Committee 
     of Congress on the Library, to serve with the chair of the 
     Committee on House Administration:
       (1) Mr. Ehlers.
       (2) Mrs. Miller of Michigan.
       (3) Ms. Millender-McDonald.
       (4) Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney) is 
recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise today in support of House Resolution 147, a resolution 
electing the House Members to the Joint Committee on Printing and Joint 
Committee of Congress on the Library.
  This important resolution names our House Members to these two 
committees, and once passed, we may begin to work with the other body, 
which has already organized, to organize the entire committee for the 
109th Congress.
  I want to thank my colleagues for agreeing to serve with me on these 
committees. I would just like to briefly mention that on the Joint 
Committee on Printing would be the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Doolittle); the gentleman from New York (Mr. Reynolds); the gentlewoman 
from California (Ms. Millender-McDonald), our ranking member; and the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Brady).
  Joint Committee of Congress on the Library is the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Ehlers); the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Miller), our 
newest Member; the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Millender-
McDonald), our ranking member; and the gentlewoman from California (Ms. 
Zoe Lofgren).
  I want to thank our ranking member for working with us on this 
resolution, and I ask for support of this resolution.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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