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WILL HEAR FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER OF ISRAEL.
THINK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
[CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE]
[CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL
CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2011]
THE
HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE
A COMMUNICATION FROM THE
SPEAKER.
THE SPEAKER'S ROOM,
WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 24, 2011.
I HEREBY APPOINT THE HONORABLE
ERIC CANTOR TO ACT AS SPEAKER
PRO TEMPORE ON THIS DAY.
SIGNED, JOHN A. BOEHNER,
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE
PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY THE
GUEST CHAPLAIN, RABBI JEREMY,
THE CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE,
WEST PORT, CONNECTICUT.
DEAR GOD, SOURCE
OF ALL STRENGTH, COMPASSION AND
PEACE, WE KNOW THAT OUR TIME ON
THIS EARTH IS PRECIOUSLY SHORT
SO PLEASE, OPEN OUR EYES TO THE
BEAUTY OF THE WORLD AROUND US.
REMIND US THAT EACH PERSON WE
ENCOUNTER IS CREATED IN YOUR
IMAGE.
PROVIDE US WITH THE INTEGRITY,
WISDOM AND PATIENCE TO LISTEN
TO THOSE WITH WHOM WE DO NOT
AGREE AND LEARN WERE THOSE WHO
WE MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT HEAR.
PROTECT THE COURAGEOUS MEN AND
WOMEN WHO PUT THEIR LIVES IN
DANGER EACH DAY SO THAT OUR
CHILDREN CAN LIVE SAFELY AND
WITHOUT FEAR.
COMFORT US TODAY AS WE MOURN
WITH THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI
FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC LOSS OF
LIFE BROUGHT UPON BY THE
DEVASTATING FORCES OF NATURE.
AND FINALLY, BLESS OUR LEADERS
AND ADVISORS, INCLUDING THE
DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS
UNITED STATES CONGRESS WHO SEEK
TO PROTECT OUR SACRED
DEMOCRATIC VALUES AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
AND MAY YOU GRANT THEM THE
VISION TO LOCK AHEAD TO OUR
FUTURE WITHOUT FORGETTING THE
LESSONS OF OUR PAST.
AMEN.
THE
CHAIR HAS EXAMINED THE JOURNAL
OF THE LAST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS
AND ANNOUNCES TO THE HOUSE HIS
APPROVAL THEREOF.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1 OF RULE 1
THE JOURNAL STANDS APPROVED.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL
BE LED BY THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
FLORIDA, MS. ROS-LEHTINEN.
PLEASE REMAIN
STANDING AND JOIN US IN THE
PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER
GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CONNECTICUT, MR.
HIMES, IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE
MINUTE.
MR. HIMES, THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
IT IS A THRILL AND HONOR THIS
MORNING ON THIS PROFISHES DAY
IN WHICH A JOINT SESSION OF THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS WILL BE
ADDRESSED BY PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU OF ISRAEL TO
INTRODUCE AND WELCOME OUR GUEST
CHAPLAIN OF THE DAY, RABBI
JEREMY.
HE IS A FRIEND.
HE IS THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF
THE CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE OF
WEST PORT AND HAS BEEN SO SINCE
2008.
PRIOR TO DOING THAT HE GAVE
SERVICE IN HENDERSON, NEVADA,
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
HE IS A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY
AND HIS SYNAGOGUE.
HE IS ALSO TRUE TO THE MINISTRY
DICTATED BY HIS AND SO MANY OF
OUR FAITHS, INCLUDING OVER TIME
HAVING LED AND MOBILIZED HIS
COMMUNITY TO SET AN EMERGENCY
MISSION TO ISRAEL IN RESPONSE
TO THE MISSILE STRIKES FROM
HAMAS IN GAZA.
HE IT IS A REAL HONOR.
I KNOW THE RABBI HAS SERVED AS
AN IMPORTANT LEADER IN WEST
PORT AND THROUGHOUT FAIRFIELD
COUNTY.
HE'S SERVED AS A FRIEND TO ME.
I WOULD SAY IN ADDITION TO HIS
SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE HE
INTRODUCED ME TO A NEW
EXPERIENCE FOR THIS
PRESBYTERIAN.
I THINK I THANKED HIM
INTRODUCING HIM OF HIS HISTORY
AND CULTURE, IF NOT EXACTLY FOR
THE CULINARY EXPERIENCE.
WELCOME, RABBI, AND THANK YOU,
MR. SPEAKER.
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
AFTER CONSULTATION AMONG THE
SPEAKER AND THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY LEADERS AND WITH THEIR
CONSENT, THE CHAIR ANNOUNCES
THAT WHEN THE TWO HOUSES MEET
IN JOINT MEETING TO HEAR AN
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
BINYAMIN NETANYAHU, PRIME
MINISTER OF ISRAEL, ONLY THE
DOORS IMMEDIATELY TO HIS LEFT
AND RIGHT WILL BE OPEN.
NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE ON
THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE WHO DOES
NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ON
THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.
CHILDREN OF MEMBERS WILL NOT BE
PERMITTED ON THE FLOOR.
IS REQUESTED.
THE COOPERATION OF ALL MEMBERS
THE PRACTICE OF RESERVING SEATS
PRIOR TO THE JOINT MEETING BY
PLACARD WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
MEMBERS MAY RESERVE THEIR SEATS
BY PHYSICAL PRESENCE ONLY
FOLLOWING THE SECURITY SWEEP OF
THE CHAMBER.
PURSUANT TO THE ORDER OF THE
HOUSE OF THURSDAY, MAY 12,