[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4828]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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          DEMOCRATS WORK EVEN WHEN HOUSE FLOOR NOT IN SESSION

  (Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Speaker, I had not intended to speak either, but 
after listening to some of my friends from the other side of the aisle 
discuss how the House has finished and we have concluded business, they 
may be going home for the day, but I want to share with America and my 
constituents what I am going to be doing. I am not leaving. I am going 
to continue to work.
  At 2:30, I will be meeting with a constituent group from my district. 
I am going to return to a hearing of the Energy and Water Subcommittee. 
I will be meeting with another group from my district at 3. I am 
meeting with the adjuvant general of the New York National Guard at 
3:30. At 4, I am meeting with a member from the other side, 
Congresswoman Emerson, to discuss the Center Aisle Caucus.
  Then I have a 4:30 staff meeting, then a Humane Society meeting, then 
a U.S.-China Working Group meeting. Then I will be going to George 
Washington University to give a speech.
  My friends, it is okay for you to go home at 2:00 when the 
legislative business is done, but many of us on this side, we are going 
to continue to do the work that the American people want.

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