January 4, 1995

House Session

This was the opening day of the 104th Congress. There are 84 new members in this session, 73 are Republicans. Members elected Representative Newt… read more

This was the opening day of the 104th Congress. There are 84 new members in this session, 73 are Republicans. Members elected Representative Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, as speaker of the House. New members and administrative officers were also sworn in. The House passed more than 25 new rules for the session. Among the new rules were cutting the number of committee members and staffs by more than one-third, limiting committee chairs to six years, and the House speaker’s service to eight years. Other new rules included opening all committee and subcommittee hearings to broadcast coverage, and requiring a three-fifths vote to pass income tax increases. close

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Christopher Cox U.S. Representative [R] California
Mike Crapo U.S. Representative [R] Idaho
Frank A. Cremeans U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
Barbara Cubin U.S. Representative [R] Wyoming
Tom Davis III U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
Nathan Deal U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
Jay Dickey U.S. Representative [R] Arkansas
Jennifer Dunn U.S. Representative [R] Washington
Dick Durbin U.S. Representative [D] Illinois
Vernon J. Ehlers U.S. Representative [R] Michigan
Bill Emerson U.S. Representative [R] Missouri
Thomas Ewing U.S. Representative [R] Illinois
Chaka Fattah U.S. Representative [D] Pennsylvania
Harris W. Fawell U.S. Representative [R] Illinois
Mark Foley U.S. Representative [R] Florida
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Jon D. Fox U.S. Representative [R] Pennsylvania
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Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Representative [D] Florida
Lindsey Graham U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
Gene Green U.S. Representative [D] Texas
Lee H. Hamilton U.S. Representative [D] Indiana
Jane Harman U.S. Representative [D] California
Steny Hoyer U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
Scott L. Klug U.S. Representative [R] Wisconsin
Blanche Lambert Lincoln U.S. Representative [D] Arkansas
Frank R. Mascara U.S. Representative [D] Pennsylvania
Paul F. McHale Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Pennsylvania
Scott McInnis U.S. Representative [R] Colorado
David M. McIntosh U.S. Representative [R] Indiana
Buck McKeon U.S. Representative [R] California
Joe Moakley U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
Jim Moran Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Virginia
Mark Neumann U.S. Representative [R] Wisconsin
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John W. Olver U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
Major R. Owens U.S. Representative [D] New York
Mike Parker U.S. Representative [D] Mississippi
Donald M. Payne U.S. Representative [D] New Jersey
Nancy Pelosi U.S. Representative [D] California
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John Edward Porter U.S. Representative [R] Illinois
George P. Radanovich U.S. Representative [R] California
James Ramstad U.S. Representative [R] Minnesota
Ralph Regula U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
Bill Richardson U.S. Representative [D] New Mexico
Frank Riggs U.S. Representative [R] California
Tim Roemer U.S. Representative [D] Indiana
Ed Royce U.S. Representative [R] California
Mark Sanford Jr. U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
James Saxton U.S. Representative [R] New Jersey
David E. Skaggs U.S. Representative [D] Colorado
Lamar S. Smith U.S. Representative [R] Texas
Linda Smith U.S. Representative [R] Washington
Cliff Stearns U.S. Representative [R] Florida
Steve Stockman U.S. Representative [R] Texas
Randy Tate U.S. Representative [R] Washington
Chuck Taylor U.S. Representative [R] North Carolina
Fred Upton U.S. Representative [R] Michigan
Maxine Waters U.S. Representative [D] California
Mel Watt U.S. Representative [D] North Carolina
Jerry Weller U.S. Representative [R] Illinois
Ed Whitfield U.S. Representative [R] Kentucky
Pat Williams U.S. Representative [D] Montana
Bob Wise Jr. U.S. Representative [D] West Virginia
Dick Zimmer U.S. Representative [R] New Jersey
Wayne Allard U.S. Representative [R] Colorado
Dick Armey U.S. Representative [R] Texas
Roscoe Bartlett U.S. Representative [R] Maryland
John A. Boehner U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
David E. Bonior U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
Sam Brownback U.S. Representative [R] Kansas
Ben Cardin U.S. Representative [D] Maryland
Eva M Clayton U.S. Representative [D] North Carolina
Duke Cunningham U.S. Representative [R] California
Rosa DeLauro U.S. Representative [D] Connecticut
Thomas DeLay U.S. Representative [R] Texas
John D. Dingell Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
Lloyd Doggett U.S. Representative [D] Texas
John T. Doolittle U.S. Representative [R] California
David Dreier U.S. Representative [R] California
John James Duncan Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Tennessee
Vic Fazio U.S. Representative [D] California
Cleo Fields U.S. Representative [D] Louisiana
Barney Frank U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
Daniel Frisa U.S. Representative [R] New York
Richard A. Gephardt U.S. Representative [D] Missouri
Newt Gingrich U.S. Representative [R] Georgia
Bob Goodlatte U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
Bill Goodling U.S. Representative [R] Pennsylvania
Porter J. Goss U.S. Representative [R] Florida
Gil Gutknecht U.S. Representative [R] Minnesota
Martin Hoke U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
Steve Horn U.S. Representative [R] California
Bob Inglis U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
Sheila Jackson-Lee U.S. Representative [D] Texas
John Kasich U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
Barbara B. Kennelly U.S. Representative [D] Connecticut
John J. LaFalce U.S. Representative [D] New York
John E. Linder U.S. Representative [R] Georgia
Karen McCarthy U.S. Representative [D] Missouri
Bill McCollum Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Florida
Cynthia McKinney U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
Bob Menendez U.S. Representative [D] New Jersey
George Miller U.S. Representative [D] California
David Minge U.S. Representative [D] Minnesota
Sonny Montgomery U.S. Representative [D] Mississippi
George R Nethercutt Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Washington
Eleanor Holmes Norton Congressional Delegate [D] District of Columbia
Richard Pombo U.S. Representative [R] California
Robert J. Portman U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
James H. Quillen U.S. Representative [R] Tennessee
Lynn Rivers U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
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Matt Salmon U.S. Representative [R] Arizona
Bernie Sanders U.S. Representative [I] Vermont
Patricia S. Schroeder U.S. Representative [D] Colorado
Chuck Schumer U.S. Representative [D] New York
Andrea Seastrand U.S. Representative [R] California
Christopher Shays U.S. Representative [R] Connecticut
Louise Slaughter U.S. Representative [D] New York
Gerald B. H. Solomon U.S. Representative [R] New York
John M Spratt Jr. U.S. Representative [D] South Carolina
Bill Thomas U.S. Representative [R] California
Karen Thurman U.S. Representative [D] Florida
Peter Torkildsen U.S. Representative [R] Massachusetts
Robert Underwood Congressional Delegate [D] Guam
Harold Lee Volkmer U.S. Representative [D] Missouri

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Program ID:: 62498-1
Category:: House Proceeding
Format:: House Proceeding
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Jan 04, 1995 | 11:55am EST | C-SPAN 1

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