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ARE 428, --
THE CHAIR: ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS
ARE THE YEA -- ON THIS VOTE THE
YEAS ARE 430.
THE CHAIR: ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS
ARE 432.
THE NAYS ARE TWO.
THE AMENDMENT IS AGREED TO.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE IN ORDER.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA RISE?
MR. DIAZ-BALART: I ASK UNANIUS
CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE OUT
OF ORDER.
THE CHAIR: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. DIAZ-BALART: MR. SPEAKER, I
HAVE THE HONOR OF CO-CHAIRING
AND I ARISE TO INFORM MY
COLLEAGUES THAT OUR GOOD FRIEND,
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA,
CONGRESSMAN BILL YOUNG, THE LONGEST-SERVING REPUBLICAN IN
THE HOUSE AND THE DEAN OF THE
FLORIDA DELEGATION HAS JUSCAST
HIS RECORDED VOTE NUMBER 20,000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MR. DIAZ-BALART: IT'S
ANLECT GROUP.
THE CHAIR: THE COMMITTEE WILL BE
IN ORDER.
MR. DIAZ-BALART: IT'S A SMALL
AND SELECT GROUP, MR. SPEAKER,
OF DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS IN THE
HOUSE WHO HAVE REACHED --
THE CHAIR: WGENTLEMAN
SUSPEND?
THE GENTLEMAN MAY CONTINUE.
MR. DIAZ-BALART: IT IS A SMALL
AND SELECT GROUP, MR. SPEAKER,
OF DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS IN THE
HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE REACHED
THAT IMPORTANT MILESTONE.
BILL YOUNG WAS FIRST ELECTED IN
1970 TO THE CONGRESS.
HE CAST HIS FIRST RECORDED VOTE
IN JANUARY, 1971.
HIS VOTE TOTAL WOULD BE EVEN
HIGHER TODAY HAD THE HOUSE NOT
WAITED UNTIL 1973 TO INSTITUTE
ELECTRING.
HE CAST HIS VOTE NUMBER 10,000
ON NOVEMBER
APPROVAL TO THE CONFERENCE
REPORT ON THE FISCAL YEAR 1992
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL.
WHICH I BELIEVE IS FITTING
CONSIDERING THAT HE HAS DEVOTED
CAREER ON THE
COMMITTEE TO THE WELL-BEING OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR
NATION IN THE ARMED FORCES.
IT HAS BEEN -- IT HAS BEEN MY DEEP HONOR TO SERVE WITH HIM AND
I ASK AL
I NOW YIELD TO MY DEAR FRIEND
AND COLLEAGUE AND CO-CHAIRMAN,
MR. HASTINGS, FOR ALL OF US TO
CONGRATULATE BILL ON THIS
EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT.
MR. HASTINGS.
MR. HASTINGS: I THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FOR YIDING.
AND AS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE
FLORIDA DELEGATION, I ECHO THE
SENTIMENTS THAT HE HAS EXPRESSED
AND SAY TO BILL YOUNG WHO I
REFER
BECAUSE HE IS THE DEAN OF THE
FLORIDA DELEGATION, TO SAY TO
HIM, MY CONGRATULATIONS AND I'M
SURE FROM ALL OF US, RECOGNIZING
THE EXTRAORDINARYNESS OF HAVING
HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IN
THIS BODY, TO CAST THAT MANY
VOTES.
IT REMINDS ME, BILL, OF MR.
NATCHER WHO INSTRUCTED ME WHEN I
FIRST CAME HERE AS HE MAY HAVE
OTHERS AND YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE
LONG
THE CHAIR: WL THE GENTLEMAN
SUSPEND FOR A MINUTE?
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE GENTLEMAN MAY PROCEED.
MR. HASTINGS: THANK YOU VERY
MUCHMR. SPEAKER.
MR. NATCHER HAD THE
LONGEST-RUNNING STREAK OF
CONNECT OF VOTES.
AND I TALKED WITH MR. KILDEE WHO
HAS BEEN HERE WITH YOU, HE HAS
26,000 AT THIS TIME, BUT MR.
NATCHER SAID TO ME, MISS A VOTE
AND GET THAT ALBATROSS FROM
AROUND YOUR NECK, FOR AMERICA,
I'M GLAD YOU KEPT THAT ALBATROSS
AROUND YOUR NECK AND IT'S A
PROUD DAY FOR ALL OF US THAT
YOU'VE CAST YOUR 20,000 VOTES. THE SP
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
MR. DIAZ-BALART: I YIELD TO THE
DISTINGUISHED REPUBLICAN LEADER.
THE CHAIR: THE HOUSE WILL BE IN
ORDER.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS
OFF THE FLOOR.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
MR. DIAZ-BALART: I YIELD TO THE
DISTINGUISHED REPUBLICAN LEADER.
THE CHAIR: THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGN
MR. BOEHNER: I THINK ALL OF US
CAN REALIZE THAT 20,000 VOTES
OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR CAREER
ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF VOTES.
BUT I THINK ALL OF US CAN ALSO
REALIZE THAT WHEN YOU CAST THAT MANY VOTES, THERE ARE GOING TO
BE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT VOTES
THAT WILL BE CAST OVER THE
PERIODS OF 20,000.
BUT BEYOND ALL OF THAT I THINK
THE REAL MEASURE OF WHAT WE HAVE
TODAY IS THE MEASURE OF BILL
YOUNG'S CAREER IN THE HOUSE.
38 YEARS OF SERVICEO THIS
INSTITUTION, 38 YEARS OF
FRIENDSHIP WITH MEMBERS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE AND 38 YEARS
OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO US
ALL.
BILL, CONGRATULATIONS.
MR. DIAZ-BALART: I YIELD TO THE
DISTINGUISHED MAJORITY LEADER. MR. HOYER: I THANK THE GENTLEMAN
FROM FLORIDA FOR YIELDING.
20,000 VOTES IS A QUANTITY FIBLE
CRITERIA.
-- QUANTIFYBLE CRITERIA.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW,
WHAT'S NOT QUANTIFYBLE IS THE
REAL MEASURE OF THE MAN.
20,000 VOTES, A CONSCIENTIOUS
MEMBER.
BUT THE REAL MEASURE OF BILL
YOUNG IS IF AMERICANS HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
THE HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER.
THE CHAIR: THE GENTLEMAN IS
CORRECT.
MR. HOYER: THE REAL MEASURE OF
BILL YICH AMERICANS
WOULD HAVE OBSERVED HAD THEY
BEEN WITH HIM DURING EACH OF
THOSE VOTES, IS THE DECENCY OF
BILL YOUNG.
IS THE COLLEGIALITY OF BILL
YOUNG.
OF HIS INCLINATION TO REACH
ACROSS THE AISLE, REACH ACROSS
IDEOLOGY, REACH ACROSS AND SAY,
HOW CAN WE DO THIS TOGETHER?
BILL YOUNG IS AN EXAMPLE FOR US
ALL OF HOW TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER
AND HOW TONGAGE IN THIS
PROCESS, THOUGH WE MAY HAVE
DIFFERENCES, IN WAY THAT BUILT A
BETTER -- IN A WAY THAT BUILT A
BETTER INSTITUTION, NOT TORE IT
DOUNL.
THAT IS WHY -- DOWN.
THAT IS WHY THOSE 20,000 VOTES
ARE DESERVING OF SO MUCH
RESPECT.
BECAUSE THE CHARACTER WITH WHICH
THEY WERE CAST AND THE CHARACTER
THAT CHARACTERIZED AND CONTINUES
TO CHARACTERIZE THE GENTLEMAN
FROM FLORIDA'S SERVICE.
BILL YOUNG, WE ARE IN YOUR DEBT,
YOU HAVE SERVED YOUR COUNTRY
WELL.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YEARS OF
SERVICE WITH YOU, MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU.
THE CHAIR: THE HOUSE WILL BE IN
ORDER.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
MR. DIAZ-BALART: I YIELD TWO THE
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE.
THE SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR
YIELDING.
I THK HIM FOR GIVING US THIS
OPPORTUNITY. HE AND MR. HASTINGS, TO EXPRESS
OUR APPRECIATION TO A GREAT
LEADER FOR OUR COUNTRY. HERE HE IS, IMMODESTLY SITTING
IN THE FARREST CORNER OF THE
HOUSE, WHICH IS REGULAR SPOT,
BUT A PERSON WE ALL SEEK OUT
WHEREVER HE SITS OR WHEREVER HE
IS STANDING.
FOR S ADVICE AND HIS GUIDANCE.
SPEAKING FROM THE STANDPOINT OF
A MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE, WHEN MR. YOUNG WAS
OUR DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMAN, I
KNOW EVERYONE WHO SERVED AT THAT
TIME ON THE COMTTEE AGREES
THAT HE WAS A GREAT CHAIRMAN,
THAT HE LISTENED TO HIS MEMBERS
VERY CAREFULLY, THAT HE
MODERATED THE DEBATE, THE
DIGNITY THAT HE BROUGHT TO THAT
CHAIRMANSHIP WAS SOMETHING THAT
MADE US ALL PROUD ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE AISLE.
AND WHATEVER THE OUTCOME WE KNEW
THAT HE WOULD GIVE EVERYONE A
CHANCE TO MAKE HIS OR HER CASE.
WHAT YOU SOCIETY MYSELF WITH ALL
OF THE OTHER REMARKS THAT WERE
MADE ABOUT MR. YOUNG, OH, MY
GOODNESS, THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF VOTES.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT
THAT ALL OF US WHO CARE ABOUT
OUR TROOPS, OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN
UNIFORM, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO
ARE HARMED IN THE SERVICE OF OUR
COUNTRY, NOT ONLY MR. YOUNG, BUT
HIS WIFE, BEVERLY, WHO HAS BEEN
AN ANGEL IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF
OUR TROOPS.
MR. YOUNG OFFICIALLY ON DUTY
HERE, BEVERLY ON A DAY TO DAY
BASIS BRINGING COMFORT AND
REFRESHMENT TO OUR TROOPS.
THEY ARE LIVING EXAMPLES OF WHAT
WE SAY IN THE MILITARY, THAT ON
THE BATTLEFIELD WE WILL LEAVE NO
SOLDIER BEHIND.
AND WHEN THEY COME HOME WE WILL
LEAVE NO VETERAN BEHIND.
THANKS TO MR. YOUNG FOR WHAT YOU
DO TO PROTECT AMERICA, WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE TO ADVANCE THE DEBATE
AND FOR YOUR ONGOING SERVICE TO
OUR COUNTRY.
I KNOW I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE HERE
WHEN I SAY, WE ARE PROUD, EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF US, TO CALL YOU
COLLEAGUE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THE CHAIR: WITHOUT OBJECTION,
FIVE-MINUTE VOTES
OBJECTION, FIVE-MINUTE VOTING
WILL CONTINUE. THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
REQUEST FOR A RECORDED VOTE ON
AMENDMEN
HOUSE REPORT 111-106 BY
GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA, MR.
ELLSWORTH, ON WHICH FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS WERE POSTPONED AND
VOICE VOTE.
THE CLERK WILL REDESIGNATE THE
AMENDMENT.
THE CLERK: AMENDMENT NUMBER 5
PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT 111-106
OFFERED BY MR. ELLSWORTH OF
INDIANA.
THE CHAIR: A RECORDED VOTE HAS
BEEN REQUESTED.
THOSE IN SUPPORT OF A REQUEST
FOR A RECORDED VOTE WILL RISE
AND BE COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMB HAVING
ARISEN, A RECORDED VOTE IS
ORDERED.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT
THOSE OPPOSED WILL VOTE NO.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES