the vice chairman, congresswoman diana degette, congresswoman virginia foxx, clerk of the house karen haas, sergeant at arms bill livinggood, and mrs. lynn silversmith kline. i want to thank them for their service on the house page board and i thank the departing pages and you've seen a wonderful bit of history take place today. mr. bishop: reclaiming the time, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to include the page summer class in the official record and ask this body to recognize the pages for the services they have rendered us this year. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker: without objection, the gentlelady from california, ms. pelosi, is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i too want to join our colleagues in recognizing the contribution of the pages to the conduct of the house of representatives. i thank them. and they have, as mr. kildee said, and others have mentioned, borne witness to many important historical occasions here. but i can't think of any that is more special and means so much to our country than to witness the return of our colleague who was t

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appointments, united states commission on civil rights, with best wishes, i am signed sincerely, karen l. haas the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 4, no legislative business will be conducted on this day, pursuant to section 3 of that resolution, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday august 5, 2011. 60 votes are needed to pass and pass on to president obama. we will continue to follow this story and will bring you updates as they become available. right now, we are going to the office building on capitol hill where the senate environmental committee is looking at the safety of u.s. nuclear reactors in the wake of the japanese disaster. this started a couple of minutes ago. you're watching live coverage on c-span. >> further study and analysis is needed. last month, i send -- sent a letter to chairman jaczko in which i urge the commission to act in their near-term recommendations that need to be implemented now. i support the chairman's roadmap for action within 90 days, and i encourage the commission to move forward expeditiously. it took 90 days to make the recommenda

with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will read the message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. pursuant to section 3101-a-1-a of title p 1 of the united states code, i hereby certify that the debt subject to limit is within $100 billion of the limit in united states code 3101-b and further borrowing is require to meet commitments. signed, barack obama, the white house. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on ways and means and will be printed. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, thank you for your courtesies to me as speaker and your fairness as chairman of the education committee. by this letter, i give notice of myres. egg nation from the united states house of representatives, effective immediately. i have included a copy of my letter to the governor of oregon. i shall miss this honorable work in this institution. god bless the united states of america and god bless the house

the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a message from karen haas, the clerk of thehouse. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the house of representatives, i have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope received from the white house on august 18, 2011 at 10:46 a.m. and said to contain a message by the president where he has issued an executive order that takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency with respect to the government of syria declared in executive order of 1338 as expanded in scope and executive order 13572 of april 29, 2011, with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will read the next message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, pursuant to the international emergency economic powers act and in light of the syria accountability and lebanese sovreignty restoration act of 2003, i report that i have issued an executive order that takes additional steps

the vice chairman, congresswoman diana degette, congresswoman virginia foxx, clerk of the house karen haas, sergeant at arms bill livinggood, and mrs. lynn silversmith kline. i want to thank them for their service on the house page board and i thank the departing pages and you've seen a wonderful bit of history take place today. mr. bishopreclaiming the time, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to include the page summer class in the official record and ask this body to recognize the pages for the services they have rendered us this year. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker: without objection, the gentlelady from california, ms. pelosi, is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i too want to join our colleagues in recognizing the contribution of the pages to the conduct of the house of representatives. i thank them. and they have, as mr. kiee said, and others have mentioned, borne witness to many important historical occasions here. but i can't think of any that is more special and means so much to o country tn to witness the return of our colleague who was the perso