House Proceeding 09-22-08 on Sep 22nd, 2008 :: 2:40:31 to 2:43:38
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Speech By: Gary L. Ackerman

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Gary L. Ackerman: mr. hall: thank you congressman and mr. speake r. i rise to honor my distinguished colleague from new york, co ngressman mike ke mcnulty. after nearly 40 years of public ea service, congressman

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John Hall: mcnulty is retiring and will rebe sorely missed. i will resist the suggestion of one of our fellow new york delegation m embers to sing thatng "he's still the one," but i will say at the age

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Speech By: John Hall

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John Hall: of 22 he was elected as supervisor of o green island, makigrng him the th youngest sup ervisor of new ew york. and he has served as mayor and as assemblyman and 20 years as a congressman.

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John Hall: while his role may have changed, his dedication d,for fighti ng for new york's capital region have remained constant.t. mike is known as a worker. i have observed that in the short time i

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John Hall: have shbeen here. as the chairman of the t subcommittee o n social security, he has worked to make sure that r seniors received re the benefi ts that they need. n in economic times where that

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John Hall: effort is even more important m than ever and when we can see how important it was that he was there to help protect against stprivatizing thatth social security. i have only been hi onored

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John Hall: to serve one term in this body with mike, but have already been impressed by cooperation and team work that he brings to th the new york delegation. in additio n to gentleman, i would add the

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John Hall: word statesman. some of us get m ore excited about issues. that doesn't m ean that you care more or less about them, but mike's temperment has impressed me in its evenness. and i think that

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John Hall: we could usse a good dose of that here from time to time, because we have , on both sides of the aisle and even in our own caucus, we have strong feelings about the th issues critical, important

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John Hall: and immediate issues that we faceac. so, i will be sad that at theha end of this session, we will be il saying good-bye to congressmanss mcnulty, but i'm glad he's here to help us deal with the serious

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John Hall: issues we have on our ou plate, that we have -- the country is facing, thesey difficult times with the thoughtfulness, the work ethic and level headedness that he at brings to the

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John Hall: congress. and i wish you, congressmanon mcnu lty, the best of luck and good times as you retire from the house and return home to h your family and your district. it's been an honor to serve

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John Hall: with you. i yield back. mr. ackerman: ladies and gentlemen of the house, i'm not addressing the speaker as i should, because it's quite unusual for those of us here on the floor controlling

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John Hall: the time to get a reque st from the speaker pro tempore important, who wishes to step dowwin fromom the chair in order to address the house. so, mr. speaker,ak it's my privilege and pleasure dto

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Gary L. Ackerman: yield some time to representative from the 4th district of pennsylvania, member of the house committee on susmall business, commit, tee on education and labor ucand transportation and infrastructure,