[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
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  ANNOUNCEMENT OF REVISION OF DEADLINE FOR PRINTING OF AMENDMENTS ON 
                            HEALTH CARE BILL

  (Mr. MOAKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, last week I informed the Members that they 
would have until tomorrow night to file amendments to the health care 
bill. However, because of the backup in the legislative counsel's 
office, it seems that it would be a physical impossibility to carry out 
and get all these substitutes ready during that time. Therefore, I am 
informing the Members that that time will be moved until Monday, August 
8, at 6 o'clock p.m., at which time Members will have amendments and 
substitutes on the health care bill ready for printing.
  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MOAKLEY. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois.
  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, just a point of inquiry. The amendments or 
bills that are in process will be required by Monday night at 6 p.m., 
and that will be all technical language, everything together? There 
will be no holdovers to correct, is that correct? Everything has to be 
completed?
  Mr. MOAKLEY. That is our hope. We just finished a bipartisan meeting 
in the Speaker's office pertaining to technical amendments, and we may 
make some language possible so that they will be able to make technical 
amendments.
  Mr. HASTERT. If the gentleman will continue to yield, Mr. Speaker, 
there may be some time for cleanup, technical cleanup, after?
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Yes, but nothing substantial.
  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, when is it intended, then, that this bill 
will go before the Committee on Rules?
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I would think that with C-SPAN, and we have 
to get the CBO estimates, and we would probably get about 100 
witnesses, so I would probably think the end of the week.
  Mr. HASTERT. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Again, that is something that the bipartisan conference 
is discussing.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MOAKLEY. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.
  Mr. Speaker, the matter would not get to the Committee on Rules until 
the end of the week, then, I would ask the gentleman?
  Mr. MOAKLEY. We moved the date for the substitute up until Monday, 
August 8, and we will meet as soon as we can after that.
  Mr. WALKER. If the gentleman will yield further, the question 
becomes, of course, when we would end up having it on the floor. If the 
committee is going to hear 100 witnesses, and it probably does not 
start until Tuesday or Wednesday----
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, all I can tell the gentleman is that the 
ranking member and myself will work as quickly as we can, but there is 
just so much time it is going to take, and the scheduling of the bill, 
as the gentleman well knows, it still the subject of discussion between 
the bipartisan group.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MOAKLEY. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I would just say that in the bipartisan 
meeting we just had, that the Speaker of the House is still talking 
about an adjournment date of August 12, so if we do have the filing 
date of Monday at 6 p.m., the Committee on Rules will take it up on 
Tuesday or Wednesday, and then certainly there would be votes on 
Thursday or Friday, if we meet the Speaker's deadline.

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