Senate Journal: Page 1: Monday, January 12, 1998

  FIRST CALENDAR DAY
  FIRST SESSION DAY

  Senate Chamber
  Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, January 12, 1998

  Pursuant to Chapter 2, Sections 2.1 and 2.3, Code of Iowa, the
  1998 Regular Session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly
  convened at 10:04 a.m., and the Senate was called to order by
  President Mary E. Kramer.

  Prayer was offered by the Reverend Dr. Sam Massey, pastor of the
  Westminster Presbyterian Church, Des Moines, Iowa.

  OPENING REMARKS BY THE
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

  President Kramer addressed the Senate with the following
  remarks:

  Today, January 12, 1998, the 77th General Assembly is in session and Iowa
  begins
  her 152nd year.

  What a humbling experience it is to enter this beautiful, historic building,
  knowing
  there is the opportunity to create positive change for the future.

  My own goals, virtually unchanged since I decided to seek office, are to
  make
  Iowa
  the best place to work, to raise a family, to enjoy the fruits of one's
  labor.  How:

  A public education system that is the most desirable and effective for all
  citizens - a
  place where lifelong learning is the norm.

  A place that recognizes core families - and acknowledges and supports
  diversity in
  the formation and makeup of successful family relationships.

  A place that has a tax system that is fair and equitable, yet capable of
  providing
  revenues to support services that are appropriate.

  A workplace that is worthy of what is, by many measures, the world's most
  productive, best educated workforce.

  A quality of life that is incomparable . . . .

Iowa General Assembly

Index: Senate Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 2)

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