[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SPEAKER HASTERT

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of our 
Speaker, Dennis Hastert, who will soon become the longest serving 
Republican Speaker in our Nation's history.
  Speaker Hastert guides this House in a bipartisan, fair manner. He is 
a patient listener who works towards compromise in an even-handed 
manner. In these days of rancor and bitterness, Speaker Hastert tries 
to bring balance and civility into this tumultuous legislative process.
  It is irresponsible for media outlets to malign anyone with negative 
information from unnamed and uncorroborated sources. Speaker Hastert 
and everyone else who might be attacked deserves to have incorrect 
information corrected for the record.
  Our Speaker has not been a Republican or a Democrat presiding 
officer, he has been the presiding officer for the whole House, a man 
who takes his oath seriously. We place our trust in Speaker Hastert, 
and he has not let us down. He is our coach.
  Congratulations, Speaker Hastert, for this historic milestone.

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