House Journal: Page 6: Monday, January 11, 1999

Todd Taylor

Russell Teig
Roger Thomas
Rosemary Thomson
Phil Tyrrell 
Jim Van Engelenhoven
Jamie Van Fossen
Steven Warnstadt
Dick Weidman
Keith Weigel
Jerry Welter	
Wesley Whitead
Philip Wise
Bill Wit
ELECTION OF SPEAKER
Grundberg of Polk presented the name of the Honorable Ron J. Corbett of Linn County as candidate for Speaker of the House of 
Representatives of the Seventy-eighth General Assembly, preceding such nomination with the following remarks:
Mr. Speaker and members of the Seventy-eighth General Assembly:
I wish to place in nomination for the Speaker of the Iowa House, the Honorable Ron Corbett, representative from House District 52, Linn County. Ron Corbett 
has been the Speaker of the Iowa House for the last four years. During that time the Iowa House has been held in high esteem for the efforts to make Iowa a great 
place to live. Ron has led those efforts. Ron is a leader. He is a leader who is approachable, who attempts to bring reason to a sometimes unreasonable process. Ron is 
a leader who works to build consensus yet leaders need to lead, and Ron does that leading. Ron is a leader with vision. The vision of a better Iowa for us, for our 
parents and for our children. The Iowa House will continue to be the voice for a better Iowa. Ron Corbett as a Speaker of the Iowa House will lead us toward this 
better Iowa. It is an honor to nominate Ron Corbett as a Speaker of the Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
Carroll of Poweshiek seconded the nomination of Ron J. Corbett for Speaker of the House, preceded by the following remarks:
Mr. Speaker, fellow House Members:
I wish to second the nomination of Ron Corbett for Speaker of the Iowa House. I do so because Ron is qualified. First of all and most important to me, Ron is a 
husband and a father. You can tell a lot about a man by the way he treats his wife. Ron exemplifies a faithful husband and a loyal father to his children. Ron is 
honest and forthright. He will tell you where he stands, and you don't have to wonder. Most of all, from Ron's personal qualifications he exemplifies what I think has 
made Iowa the state that it is today is discipline. He works hard, and he has a proper respect for authority.
Those are Ron's personal qualifications. I second the nomination as well because of his professional qualifications. I remember before I was a member of this 
House when I first heard about Ron Corbett. It might surprise you to know it was in a David Yepsen column. In that column David was commenting about the fine 
cooperation that Ron as appropriations chair of the House had with the appropriations chair in the Senate, Senator Larry Murphy. Ron has demonstrated in the past 
that he can work with the other party.

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