Speaker Pelosi honors Rep. Langevin at an event honoring the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act in Washington
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) receives a gavel from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) watches, at an event honoring the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on July 26, 2010. Following the event Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) will become the first wheelchair bound member of Congress to chair over the House of Representatives. The SpeakerÕs rostrum on the House Floor has just been made wheelchair-accessible through a series of lifts. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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