[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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                        PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES

  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fields of Louisiana). The gentleman will 
state it.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, is the language that was just used by the 
gentleman appropriate where he referred to Members as chickens because 
they will not stand up to special interests? Is that appropriate 
parliamentary language?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members should not characterize other 
Members in such a way.
  Mr. WALKER. Excuse me?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members should not refer to other Members in 
such a way.
  Mr. WALKER. I thank the Chair. So the gentleman was out of order with 
that language?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has responded to the gentleman's 
inquiry.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I have a further parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it.
  Mr. WALKER. Is it not the duty of the Chair to sanction Members who 
utter unparliamentary language?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is the duty of the Chair, the gentleman 
is correct.
  Mr. WALKER. And the Chair did not----
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. When it is raised in a timely way, it is the 
duty of the Chair to do so. It was not raised in a timely manner.
  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, it was my understanding that the gentleman 
said that this was not about pork, it was about chicken. He did not 
refer to any Members. If any Member thinks that he referred to them in 
that way, then that is their problem. I did not hear that.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, was that an appropriate parliamentary 
inquiry?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has only answered a general 
parliamentary inquiry. The Chair has not ruled on the words of any 
particular Member.

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