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IN PASSING LEGISLATION THAT WAS
CO-SPONSORED BY 298 OF MY
COLLEAGUES.
WITH THAT I RESERVE THE BALANCE
OF MY TIME.
THE
OF HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
IS RECOGNIZED.
MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD
MYSELF AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
MR. SPEAKER, I WANT
TO RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MISSOURI, MR. LOOT MERE, FOR
HIS EFFORTS ON THIS MEANINGFUL
-- LUETKEMEYER, FOR HIS EFFORTS
ON THIS MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION.
I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R.
2453, THE MARK TWAIN
COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT.
THIS LEGISLATION CALLS FOR THE
U.S. MINT TO PRODUCE A COIN IN
2016, I STATE, IN 2016,
DESIGNED TO HONOR MARK TWAIN'S
CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICANS'
HISTORY.
WILLIAM FAULKNER ONCE CALLED
MARK TWAIN THE FATHER OF THE
AMERICAN LITERATURE.
ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED
AUTHORS, MARK TWAIN'S LIFE,
LEGACY HAVE LEFT A LAUGHTER
MARK ON OUR NATION.
MARK TWAIN, WHOSE REAL NAME IS
SAMUEL CLEMENT, WAS BELOVED BY
MANY OF HIS WHICH THES AND
SHORT STORIES.
TWAIN WORKED AS A STEAMBOAT
PILOT AND REPORTED BEFORE
FINDING SUCCESS AS A WRITER.
HIS HOMETOWN OF IN MISSOURI
LATER BECAME THE SETTING FOR
HIS MOST FAMOUS NOVEL, "THE
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER" AND
"THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY
FIN."
TWAIN'S OTHER WELL KNOWN WORK
OF FICTION INCLUDE "THE PRINCE
AND THE PAUPER" AND "THE
KENTUCKY YANKEE IN KID ARTHUR'S
H. THIS DIRECTS THE U.S. MINT
TO PRODUCE A $1 AND A $5
COMMEMORATIVE COIN IN 2016, AND
I STATE, AT NO COST TO THE
TAXPAYERS, AT NO COST TO THE
TAXPAYERS.
THE SIMPLE PRICE OF THE COIN
WILL COVER THE COST OF
PRODUCTION.
IN ADDITION, THE SALE OF THE
COIN WILL GENERATE REVENUE FOR
THE BENEFIT OF FOUR OF MARK
TWAIN'S INSTITUTIONS, THE MARK
TWAIN HOUSE AND MUSEUM IN
HARTFORD, KENTUCKY, THE LIBRARY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA-BERKLEY, AND THE
COLLEGE IN NEW YORK AND THE
MARK TWAIN BOYHOOD HOME IN
MISSOURI AND THE MUSEUM IN
HANNIBAL, MISSOURI.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
THIS RESPONSIBLE LEGISLATION.
THE RECOGNITION OF ONE OF
AMERICA'S GREATEST AUTHORS AND
MARK TWAIN, I RESERVE THE
POINT.
THE
GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE BALANCE
OF HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS
SPEAKER.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER
SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME SO I'LL
CONTINUE TO RESERVE.
THE
OF HIS TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.
I'D LIKE TO CALL ON
THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY,
JOHN LARSON, ONE OF OUR LEADERS
, TO GIVE HIM THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE
RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
THANK YOU, MR. BACA, FROM
CALIFORNIA.
AND I THANK THE HARTFORD,
HANNIBAL CONNECTION.
I WANT TO THANK REPRESENTATIVE
LUETKEMEYER FOR YOUR TIRELESS
WORK AND EFFORT IN MAKING THIS
BILL POSSIBLE FOR THE GREAT
INSTITUTIONS THAT BOTH YOU AND
REPRESENTATIVE BACA HAVE
ILLUMINATED.
TO STAND HERE TODAY AND TALK
ABOUT THE LITERARY GENIUS OF
MARK TWAIN AND TO SEE THE
INSTITUTIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT
FROM THIS AND AS REPRESENTATIVE
BACA POINTS OUT, AT NO COST TO
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, BUT
ENRICHENING AMERICANS ALL
ACROSS THIS GREAT NATION.
I DARE SAY AROUND THE GLOBE.
FROM THE VISITS THAT THESE
GREAT INSTITUTIONS, WHETHER
THEY BE IN HARTFORD, WHETHER IT
HANNIBAL, WHETHER IT BE
IN HE WILL MIREA, OR AT BERKLEY
IN CALIFORNIA.
ALL OF WHO WILL BENEFIT
DIRECTLY FROM MARK TWAIN.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING A
VOICE VOTE BECAUSE I WOULDN'T
WANT TO PUT WHAT MARK TWAIN HAD
TO SAY ABOUT MEMBERS OF
FLOOR.
BUT AS MY GOOD FRIEND AND
COLLEAGUE JOE BACAS A HASN'T --
HAS POINTED OUT, THE GREAT
WORKS OF MARK TWAIN STAND
THROUGHOUT THE AGES.
OF COURSE THERE'S NARY A PERSON
WHO HASN'T READ "HUCKLEBERRY
FIN" OR "TOM SAWYER."
AS MENTIONED "KENTUCKY YANKEE
IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT," WE
LIKE TO REFER TO IT IS A
KENTUCKY RED SOX IN KING
ARTHUR'S COURT.
THE ENTIRE BOARD HAS WORKED
TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO PERPETUATE THE
GREAT LEGACY OF MARK TWAIN, IN
HIS LITERATURE, IN HIS HUMOR,
AND HIS IS A TIRE.
IT'S A GIFT FOR THE COUNTRY
THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY.
JUST THIS -- LAST YEAR IN THE
HOUSE ADJOINING THE TWAIN HOUSE
IN HARTFORD IS THE HOME OF
HARRIETTE BEACHER STOW AND WE
HAD THE MEMBERS OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS WHO
CAME TO HARTFORD TO PARTICIPATE
IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT RACE.
AND OF COURSE EVEN TODAY, AS
BOTH MARK TWAIN AND THE WHOLE
ISSUE OF HUCKLEBERRY FIN AND
TOM SAWYER CONTINUED TO COME
UNDER LITERARY DISCUSSION AND
DEBATE, IT ALSO FOCUSES ON AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT THE NATION
NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO FACE AND
THAT'S THE WHOLE ISSUE OF EWE
MANATEE AS IT RELATES TO HOW
MAN DEALS WITH MAN AND THE
RACISM.
THERE WAS NO STRONGER PROPONENT
IN THIS NATION THAN SAMUEL
CLEMENS.
MARK TWAIN WAS JUST AN
INCREDIBLE IN TERMS OF HIS
GIFT, HIS LITERARY GENIUS, A
GREAT AMBASSADOR ABROAD FOR
THIS COUNTRY AND HERALDED ON
THIS SHORE AND ALL ACROSS THE
GLOBE AS A HUMANITARIAN.
AND SO WE'RE SO PROUD AND I
AGAIN WANT TO THANK
REPRESENTATIVE LUETKEMEYER FOR
HIS EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS
POSSIBLE.
I KNOW THAT IN HARTFORD AND IN
HANNIBAL, ELMIRA AND BERKLEY,
PEOPLE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT
THEM AND ALLOW THIS GREAT
TREASURE AND THIS GREAT PERSON
OF LITERATURE, AMERICAN
LITERATURE, TO CONTINUE TO
ENJOY THE VAST REPUTATION AND
TO ENJOY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I YIELD
BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS
I HAVE NO
FURTHER SPEAKERS BUT I'LL
CONTINUE TO RESERVE.
SPEAKERS AND YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE
YIELDS BACK.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
I JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH A FEW
CLOSING THOUGHTS HERE.
FROM KENTUCKY FOR HIS HARD WORK
IN HELPING TO PUT THIS
TOGETHER, AS WELL AS THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR.
BACA, FOR HIS HELP TODAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING,
WHEN I WAS A DIRECTOR OF
TOURISM IN THE STATE OF
MISSOURI, WE FOUND OUT JUST HOW
BIG AN ICON MR. TWAIN WAS.
MARK TWAIN NOT ONLY IS AN ICON
WHO'S ROSED AROUND THE UNITED
STATES, BUT HE'S ONE OF THE FEW
ICONS THAT PEOPLE FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES RECOGNIZE ABOUT OUR
COUNTRY.
AND IF YOU TRAVEL TO HANNIBAL,
MISSOURI, YOU CAN SEE THE
INFLUENCE IN THE SURROUNDINGS
THERE IN THE STORIES THAT HE
TOLD AND WHAT KIND OF AN
INFLUENCE IT HAD ON HIM AS A
YOUTH AND THE STORIES AS THEY
UNFOLDED.
IT'S QUITE SOMETHING.
SO, AGAIN, WITH THAT, MR.
SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
HOWEVER I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
THAT AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE ON THE
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
REGARDING THIS BILL BE INCLUDED
IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
WITH THAT I
YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE
BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE
SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
2/3 OF THOSE VOTING HAVING
RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE
BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT
OBJECTION THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE
TABLE.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.
I ASK FOR THE YEAS
AND NAYS.
THE
YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING
WILL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING
UNTIL COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE
ORDERED.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE
20, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS
QUESTION WILL BE POACHTPONED.
-- POSTPONED.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE
CHAIR DECLARES THE HOUSE