Senate Journal: Page 8: Monday, January 13, 1997

  8 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 1st Day

  YOU CANNOT STRENGTHEN THE WEAK BY WEAKENING THE STRONG.
  YOU CANNOT HELP THE WAGE EARNER BY PULLING DOWN THE WAGE
  PAYER.

  YOU CANNOT FURTHER THE BROTHERHOOD OF MANY BY ENCOURAGING
  CLASS HATRED.

  YOU CANNOT ESTABLISH SOUND SECURITY ON BORROWED MONEY.

  One of the greatest strengths we have to build on as Iowans is our sense of
  "community".

  We have such a strong sense of "belonging", we are ready to be involved in
  developing and improving that community. What will it take?

  Capabilities - as leaders, we have the skills, knowledge and personal
  qualities for
  renewing and reinventing our future.

  Commitment - builds when everyone has opportunity to take an active part so
  experiences can be shared.

  Contribution - people want to contribute - especially if they think it's to
  something
  worthwhile and needed.

  Continuity - those who don't learn from their history are destined to repeat
  it...

  Collaboration - and Conscience.

  We have all those qualities available to us in this body and broadly among
  our
  citizens.

  Community requires the capacity for great conversations about things that
  matter.

  The final goal - let the great conversations begin and let them begin here.

  ELECTION OF PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
  Senator Iverson placed in nomination the name of Senator Don
  Redfern of Black Hawk County as a candidate for the office of
  President pro tempore for the Senate for the Seventy-seventh General
  Assembly.
  There being no further nominations, the Chair put the question to
  the Senate and Senator Redfern was unanimously elected by a voice
  vote.
  The Chair announced that Senator Redfern had been elected
  President pro tempore of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  President Kramer requested that Senators McKean, Drake and
  Rehberg escort Senator Redfern to the rostrum.
  Senator Redfern appeared, took the oath of office, was
  congratulated and presented to the Senate by President Kramer.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: Senate Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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