Tuesday, January 5, 1993 (1), Para 1.6 The Roll Having Been Completed, the Clerk Announced that the Tellers Had Reached an Agreement that the Total Number of Votes Cast Were 431 of Which Number Mr. Thomas S. Foley Received 255; Mr. Robert H. Michel Received 174. Mr. Thomas S. Foley, of Washington, Having Received 255 Votes, Being the Largest Number Cast for Any Member-Elect and a Majority of the Whole Number of Votes Cast, Was Declared by the Clerk to Have Been Duly Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 103rd Congress. The Clerk Announced the Appointment of Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Michel, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. Dicks, and Ms. Dunn to Escort the Speaker to the Chair. The Speaker Was Escorted to the Chair by Said Committee and, Following an Introduction by Mr. Michel, Addressed the House as Follows:

[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1993]
[Tuesday, January 5, 1993 (1), Para 1.6 The Roll Having Been Completed, the Clerk Announced that the Tellers Had Reached an Agreement that the Total Number of Votes Cast Were 431 of Which Number Mr. Thomas S. Foley Received 255; Mr. Robert H. Michel Received 174. Mr. Thomas S. Foley, of Washington, Having Received 255 Votes, Being the Largest Number Cast for Any Member-Elect and a Majority of the Whole Number of Votes Cast, Was Declared by the Clerk to Have Been Duly Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 103rd Congress. The Clerk Announced the Appointment of Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Michel, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. Dicks, and Ms. Dunn to Escort the Speaker to the Chair. The Speaker Was Escorted to the Chair by Said Committee and, Following an Introduction by Mr. Michel, Addressed the House as Follows:]
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Para. 1.6 The roll having been completed, the Clerk announced that the
tellers had reached an agreement that the total number of votes cast
were 431 of which number Mr. Thomas S. Foley received 255; Mr. Robert H.
Michel received 174. Mr. Thomas S. Foley, of Washington, having received
255 votes, being the largest number cast for any Member-elect and a
majority of the whole number of votes cast, was declared by the Clerk to
have been duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the
103rd Congress.
The Clerk announced the appointment of Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Michel, Mr.
Bonior, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Armey, Mr. Dicks, and Ms. Dunn to escort the
Speaker to the Chair.
The SPEAKER was escorted to the Chair by said committee and, following
an introduction by Mr. MICHEL, addressed the House as follows:

``Thank you very much, Bob Michel, and my thanks to this House for the
honor of being allowed again to be Speaker in this coming Congress.
``All of us, I think, share a sense of great respect for the
distinguished Republican leader, Bob Michel, who has throughout his
entire service reflected the best traditions of this House and has
provided an example of patriotism, decency, and reasonable leadership in
every year in which he has served. I deem it one of the great honors of
my opportunity to be Speaker to serve again with the distinguished
Republican leader, Bob Michel.
``My first thoughts are those of gratitude and appreciation to the
600,000 constituents from eastern Washington who I have the honor to
represent.
``I think all of us share the view that the greatest honor that can
come to us in our political careers and lifetimes is the opportunity to
serve our fellow citizens as Representatives in Congress, the title we
proudly hold in this body.

``That does not diminish my great appreciation to each of you, to my
wife, and to all who have served with me over these years and made it
possible for me to stand before you today.
``We are beginning a historic new Congress. As Bob Michel noted, we
have a greater percentage of new Members than at any time since the end
of World War II; 25 percent of our number are new to this body. They
represent a better and more reflective representation of this country,
of the peoples across this great Nation, than any other Congress in our
history.
``We can initially be very proud of that; but we also have a concern,
all of us, I think, that the American people have signaled their
impatience with the pace of reform and change that they expect this
Congress to advance in the coming years. There is an impatience that we
have not moved fast enough or effectively enough to deal with the
national deficit; to deal with the fairness, advancement and growth of
our economic system; to deal with the problems of our health system
that still denies to millions of Americans adequate and affordable
care, to provide educational opportunity for all of our citizens, to
build our physical infrastructure, to reduce crime; and to attack the
problems of drugs and other social ills.
``This Congress will have a great challenge and a great opportunity
in seeking to restore the confidence of the American people in the
legislative branch and in its association with the new President, Bill
Clinton.
``We will have a new President but may I say with honesty and
sincerity that I had and have great respect for the President of the
United States, George Bush, and that I have sought in the time I have
been Speaker to work with the President to advance the interests of our
Nation.
``As he leaves office, I think President Bush carries with him the
great respect and gratitude of the American people.
``As we welcome the new President, who has gone before the country
with an agenda of change, with a program of dealing with the problems
and ills of the Nation, we owe him, all of us, our best efforts and
support.
``During a meeting not too long ago with the joint bipartisan
leadership, President-elect Clinton said that he wished to be a good
partner with the Congress in dealing with all of the challenges that
lay ahead. I responded, on your behalf, that the Congress would be a
good partner with him in all of these efforts.
``We have an opportunity, we have a challenge, and we are under the
close scrutiny of the American people who, 2 years hence, will have
their own opportunity to make their judgment on each one of us and on
the work of this Congress.
``Above me inscribed on the wall of this Chamber are the words of
Webster. They may not be easy to read from where you are sitting, so
permit me to read them to you.
``The inscription says:

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its
great powers, build up its institutions, promote all of its
great interests, and see whether we also, in our time and
generation, may not perform something worthy to be
remembered.

``Let us, all of us, pledge today that when this Congress comes to an
end 2 years hence we may all proudly say that we have done something
worthy to be remembered.''.