[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27188]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING THE HON. JOHN DINGELL

  (Ms. SLAUGHTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I want to say that as the man in this 
House who has had reform of health care in his blood, who has worked 
longer than anyone in America alive today to see this day, I am so 
happy to see you in the chair. It is an historic day made even more 
wonderful for us by having you preside.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Dingell). The Chair thanks the 
gentlewoman but observes that there are many here who have worked long 
and hard to bring us to this day, and the Nation will be grateful to us 
all. I thank you.

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