Bob Goodlatte

Mr. GOODLATTE

Mr. GOODLATTE. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Delaney).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Salmon).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis).

Mr. GOODLATTE. That concludes the reading of the United States Constitution. I want to thank the gentlemen who arrived and were available, but we ran out of Constitution before we ran out of readers. I want to thank the Speaker and all the Members who participated in this important reading. I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. GOODLATTE. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Bera)

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Franks).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I yield to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton).

Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, this morning, for only the second time in the history of the House of Representatives, we will read aloud the full text of the Constitution of the United States. We hope this reading will inspire many more Americans to read the Constitution. We also hope that this reading will help demonstrate to the American people that the House of Representatives is dedicated to the Constitution and the system it establishes for limited government and the protection of individual liberty. The text we are reading today reflects the changes to the document made by the 27 amendments to it. Those portions superseded by amendment will not be read. In order to ensure fairness to all those interested in participating, we have asked Members to line up to be recognized on a first-come, first-served basis. I will recognize Members based on this guidance. Each Member will approach the podium and read the passage laid out for him or her. In order to ensure relative parity and fairness, I may recognize Members out of order to ensure bipartisanship and balance. Additionally, because of his long-term leadership on civil rights issues, I will recognize Congressman John Lewis of Georgia out of order to read the Thirteenth Amendment. I thank the Members of both parties in advance for their participation in this historic event, and I will begin this historic reading by reading the preamble to the Constitution: ``We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.'' It is now my pleasure to yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Enyart).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. La Malfa). Mr. La MALFA. ``No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. ``The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct.''

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Barber).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. DeSantis).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Virginia, the majority leader, Mr. Cantor.

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Walz).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the minority whip, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from American Samoa (Mr. Faleomavaega).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. DelBene).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Maffei).

Mr. GOODLATTE. I now yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Valadao).