Senate Journal: Page 44: Tuesday, January 14, 1997

  44 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE 2nd Day
  President Kramer declared a quorum present and the joint
  convention duly organized.
  Senator Iverson moved that a committee of six, three members
  from the Senate and three members from the House, be appointed to notify
  Governor Branstad that the joint convention was ready to
  receive him.
  The motion prevailed by a voice vote and the Chair announced the
  appointment of Senators Behn, Schuerer and Vilsack on the part of the
  Senate, and Representatives Thomson, Rayhons and Taylor on
  the part of the House.
  The following guests were escorted into the House Chamber:

  Congressman Greg Ganske, U.S. Representative from Iowa's fourth
  congressional district; Chief Justice McGiverin and Justices of the Supreme
  Court and Chief Judge Habhab and Judges of the Court of
  Appeals; Secretary of State, Paul Pate; Treasurer of State, Michael
  Fitzgerald; Secretary of Agriculture, Dale Cochran; State
  Auditor, Richard Johnson; Attorney General Tom Miller; and Lt. Governor Joy
  Corning.

  Mrs. Chris Branstad, wife of the Governor, their daughter Allison
  and Dick and Clara Johnson, Mrs. Branstad's parents.
  The committee waited upon Governor Branstad and escorted him to
  the Speaker's station.
  President Kramer presented Governor Branstad who delivered the
  following condition of the state and budget address:
  President Kramer, Speaker Corbett, Lt. Governor Corning, Chief Justice
  McGiverin,
  Justices and Judges, State Officials, Senatorsand Representatives, Ladies
  and Gentlemen.

  Nineteen ninety-six was a year to remember in Iowa. Iowans young and old, in
  city
  and town, on farm and in factory, joined to salute our state's 150th
  birthday. As Chuck Offenburger might say -- "What a year!"

  Never before have so many Iowans in so many ways commemorated their
  heritage.
  In statewide festivals, community celebrations, and neighborhood
  get-togethers we gained a renewed appreciation of who we are and where we
  came from. And always --
  always -- we are left with the two essentials of Iowa: the land and the
  people.

Iowa General Assembly

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

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