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The clerk pthe house will be in order. Mr. Doorkeeper. The doorkeeper mr. Clerk the speakerelect, Newt Gingrich representative from georgia and the escort committee. Its a whole new world. Mr. Gephardt ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and their confidence. I noted we were a little short. But i appreciate your friendship and your support. As you might imagine this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. When you carry the mantel of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat. But sometimes we spend so much time talki...

The house selects Newt Gingrich as speaker of the house. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and confidence. I noted that we were a little short. I appreciate your friendship and support. As you might imagine, this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. [laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory and defeat. Sometimes we spend so much time labeling the losers, we lose sight of the victory that we all share in this crown jewel of democracy. You see, mr. Speaker, this ...

Yes we do have time for questions. I think the unifying theme that you hear from this Diverse Group is, people want our leaders to govern and we want them to lead. It is time for them to doppler urging from one crisis to another and focus on some of the longerterm issues. I will quote Erskine Bowles here who regularly says we have made all of the easy choices. We have made all of the stupid choices and now it is time for this country to start making some of the real choices. We hear a lot of the interest here about just how important that is. I would be glad to turn questions over to the secre...

Our first 45 minutes this morning, your thoughts on questions that should be asked by legislators of the ceo. Is more oversight from Congress Needed on this issue . If you want to send this email, journal at cspan. Org. Fletcher writing for today. The headline says as families grieve, gms chief executive faces a grilling. On the phone, ms. Yeager. Thanks for joining us. Tell us alone bit about the hearing today and the rest of the week. One of the topics that will be covered . Thehat happens today is committee on the house side. Tomorrow is the Senate Committee that holds its hearing. It will ...