[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 736]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

   At 3:29 p.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 409. An act to amend title 23, United States Code, to 
     direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national 
     tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection 
     and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other 
     purposes.
        H.R. 3720. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 424 Clay Avenue in Waco, 
     Texas, as the ``Army PFC Juan Alonso Covarrubias Post Office 
     Building''.
        H.R. 3988. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 3701 Altamesa Boulevard in 
     Fort Worth, Texas, as the ``Master Sergeant Kenneth N. Mack 
     Post Office Building''.
        H.R. 4211. An act to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 725 Roanoke Avenue in 
     Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, as the ``Judge Richard B. 
     Allsbrook Post Office''.

   The message also announced that the House has agreed to the 
following concurrent resolution, in which it requests the concurrence 
of the Senate:

        H. Con. Res. 198. Concurrent resolution expressing the 
     sense of Congress that the United States has a moral 
     responsibility to meet the need of those persons, groups and 
     communities that are impoverished, disadvantaged or otherwise 
     in poverty.

   The message further announced that the House agrees to the amendment 
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3432) to establish the Commission on 
the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
   The message also announced that the House of Representatives having 
proceeded to reconsider the bill (H.R. 3963) to amend title XXI of the 
Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health 
Insurance Program, and for other purposes, returned by the President of 
the United States with his objections, to the House of Representatives, 
in which it originated, it was resolved that the said bill do not pass, 
two-thirds of the House of Representatives not agreeing to pass the 
same.

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