House Proceeding 01-13-10 on Jan 13th, 2010 :: 0:13:15 to 0:19:21
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Speech By: Eric Cantor

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Eric Cantor: teamwork with the senate. so on behalf of the entire senate family, please accept our condolences on this loss to you, your staff, to congress and indeed to our country. hopefully the mory of her

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Steny H. Hoyer: spirit and example will provide some measure of consolation at this difficult time. yours sincerely, mitch mcconnell, republican leader. at this thank my friend for yielding.

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Speech By: Steny H. Hoyer

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Steny H. Hoyer: mr. hoyer: there are times when you get a call and you're shocked and saddened and stunned. that was such a call for i'm sure all of us when we learned that paula nowakowski had passed away. shakespeare said she should have died year after. there was time for such a word.

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Steny H. Hoyer: tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. paula will not see those tomorrows, and we are sad, and we share the sadness and loss that her family has experienced. and, john, we share the loss that all of us who have staff know that they've become family, not

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Steny H. Hoyer: just staff, not j bureaucrats or somebody that we ly on to do that, this or the other. they become alter egos in many respects. particularly those who leave our offices. paula nowakowski had that relationship to john boehner, and indeed to others as well. since 1995, paula wa

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Steny H. Hoyer: important and positive part of leader boehner's team. and in that time she earned respect throughout the congress for her political skill, for her work ethic, and her dedication to her ideals. i particularly rember her kindness and cooperation during the transition from a

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Steny H. Hoyer: republican majority to a democratic one in november and december of 2006. clearly a difficult time for those who were moving from majority to the minority. i've been there. i understand how it feels. it was a disappointing time for her and for mr. boehner

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Steny H. Hoyer: and for her party as well. she maintained a professionalism, a courtesy and a kindness that i will always remember. paula's premature passing reminds us all of the uncertainty of our future and

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Steny H. Hoyer: the and how important it is to be nice to one another, respectful of one another so that we do not lament tomorrow what we did not do today. the absence she leaves behind reminds

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Steny H. Hoyer: simply a branch of government. but a living and community of public servants and quite often friends, a place where very talented americans who country and seek to serve it well. paula

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Steny H. Hoyer: person, such a fellow citizen, such an american. she was a valued friend of many, a loyal and effective leader of congressman boehner's staff and an outstanding example of the dedication and ha who serve this house and our country.

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Steny H. Hoyer: paula's absence will b felt in this community and especially in leader boehner's office for so my thoughts are with you, mr. leader our thoughts are with her family as well. we're pleased that they're

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Steny H. Hoyer: here. they loved her. it is important for them to know that although paula was a partisan, as all of us for the most part are on this floor, she rose above partisanship. we rise above partisanship in our respect and love and sense of loss.

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Steny H. Hoyer: and i yield back my time to the republican leader. mr. boehner: let me thank my fellow leaders for their kind words. and, mr. speaker, i ask -- the house observe silence. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will ask all present to

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House Clerk: rise for a mom silence. t without ob voting will cont the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1002, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the cl of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1002, resolution honoring the

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Speech By: House Clerk

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House Clerk: life and work of dr. martin luther king jr. and encouraging the continued commitment to the martin luther king j