[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5711-5712]
[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 HIS 
           EXCELLENCY VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. DeLay) 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 pro tempore, and the Members of the Senate the 
seats reserved for them.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair appoints as member of the 
committee on the part of the House to escort His Excellency Viktor 
Yushchenko into the Chamber:
  The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Blunt);
  The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Pryce);
  The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston);

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  The gentleman from California (Mr. Doolittle);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Gallegly);
  The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon);
  The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi);
  The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer);
  The gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez);
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos);
  The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Harman); and
  The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur).
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The President of the Senate, at the direction of 
that body, appoints the following Senators as a committee on the part 
of the Senate to escort His Excellency Viktor Yushchenko into the 
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 North Carolina (Mrs. Dole);
  The Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar);
  The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid);
  The Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin);
  The Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow); and
  The Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton).
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms announced the Acting Dean of 
the Diplomatic Corps, the Honorable 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.
  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 11 o'clock and 5 minutes a.m., the Assistant to the Sergeant at 
Arms announced the President of Ukraine, His Excellency Viktor 
Yushchenko.
  The President of Ukraine, 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 pro tempore. Members of the Congress, it is my great 
privilege and I deem it a high honor and a personal pleasure to present 
to you His Excellency Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]

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