House Journal: Page 208: Thursday, January 28, 1999

proclaim a partisan agenda from east to west and north to south.  But that would be 

politics as usual.  And it's time for a change.
Instead, I spoke yesterday with the leadership of both the House and the Senate - 
from both sides of the aisle - and I invited leaders from both parties and from both 
chambers to accompany me around Iowa.  We are all Iowans.  We all have the best 
interests of the people at heart. We can begin this process by working together in the 
bright light of a new day. 
This is not our first day of school, but it may be our first step to tomorrow.  It's not 
our first job, and although I hold you folks in high esteem, I can assure you that you 
are not my first love.  But this is the first day of the remainder of our time together 
working for the people of Iowa.  It is a memorable day, and the tasks are daunting.  
But the doorways can be opened to new worlds that none of us have ever dreamed of.
We all share that sense of anticipation, that sense of concern about the 
responsibilities we face together.  But we are well-prepared.  We are well committed. 
We love this great land and the people we represent.
"So what are we going to do?"
Let us mark a new beginning.  Let us take these bold first steps into the future 
together.  Let us lead Iowa to be first in everything we attempt as we reach the 
culmination of Today's Dreams and Tomorrow's Iowa. 
Thank you, God bless you and God bless our Great State.
Governor Thomas J. Vilsack was escorted from the House chamber 
by the Legislative Inaugural Committee.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the joint convention was 
dissolved at 10:52 a.m.
The House resumed session at 10:52 a.m., Speaker Corbett in the 
chair.
The House stood at ease at 10:53 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 11:08 a.m., Speaker pro tempore 
Rants of Woodbury in the chair.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed at 
11:09 a.m., until 1:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 1:00 p.m., Speaker pro tempore Rants in 
the chair.

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