[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1945
EXPRESSING THE CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEATH 
 OF THE HON. JAMES CLAUDE WRIGHT, JR., FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF 
                            REPRESENTATIVES

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I offer a privileged resolution (H. Res. 
254) and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 254

       Resolved, That the House has learned with profound sorrow 
     of the death of the Honorable James Claude Wright, Jr., 
     former Member of the House for 18 terms and Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives for the One Hundredth and One 
     Hundred First Congresses.
       Resolved, That in the death of the Honorable James Claude 
     Wright, Jr. the United States and the State of Texas have 
     lost a valued and eminent public servant and citizen.
       Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to 
     the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the 
     deceased.
       Resolved, That when the House adjourns today, it adjourn as 
     a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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