Parliamentary Procedure

Visitors

The SPEAKER: Before we get underway, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the gallery today of two of my very good friends. They own a pub in Washington, DC. It opened the day after Prohibition was lifted in 1933. They are Billy and Gina Martin and the tavern is called Martin's Tavern. It is the oldest-running family-owned tavern in DC. I know politics sometimes takes us to places like DC and if you ever get a little thirsty, call in there because it is a history lesson. Every president, from Truman through to George W. Bush, has been to their hotel and if you sit in booth 3, that is where JFK proposed to Jackie. There is so much history. Unaccustomed as I am to walking into bars, I did walk into this bar 18 years ago. I got talking to Billy—I was flogging McLaren Vale wine. We bonded over a bottle of Shingleback D Block Shiraz and he has been selling our wines at Martin's Tavern ever since. Thank you and welcome, Billy and Gina.