[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 16, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 16, 1994]
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                       FIRST OXFORD STYLE DEBATE

  (Mr. CARDIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I take the well to inform my colleagues of a 
very special event that will take place on the floor of the House of 
Representatives this evening. Mr. Speaker, tonight, instead of special 
orders, the House of Representatives will be holding its first Oxford 
style debate. I want to congratulate the Democrat and Republican 
leadership for their persistence in bringing us to this moment and 
developing this debate format. The joint leadership has sought ways of 
elevating the value and effectiveness of debate in the House of 
Representatives. Together tonight we institute a reform that all of us 
hope will improve the quality of debate in this legislative Chamber.
  Mr. Speaker, most appropriately the topic for tonight's debate will 
be health care reform, and I urge my colleagues on both sides of the 
aisle to come here his evening, listen to the debate as we initiate the 
Oxford style debate on the floor of the House.

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