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  MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVE JAY JOHNSON OF 
                               WISCONSIN

  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. OBEY. Madam Speaker, I rise to regretfully inform my colleagues 
of the passing of our former colleague, Jay Johnson, who represented 
the Eighth District of Wisconsin with distinction from January of 1997 
through January of 1999, and I would ask that the House observe a 
moment of silence in his honor.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will all Members rise to observe a moment of 
silence.

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