[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H301-H303]
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                        THE SPEAKER'S BOOK DEAL

  (Mrs. MEEK of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the Speaker's unbelievably good 
book deal, after all these secret meetings and behind the scenes deal-
making, which each day brings to light new and more startling 
revelations, I am still not satisfied with the answers I am getting 
about this very large and lucrative deal our Speaker has negotiated for 
himself.
  Now more than ever before the perception of impropriety, not to 
mention the potential conflict of interest, still exists and cannot be 
ignored.

.  .  .
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I demand the gentlewoman's words be taken 
down.


                             point of order

  Mr. WALKER. Point of order, Mr. Speaker. She should not approach the 
Chair.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order is well taken.
  Members should not approach the Speaker during the Clerk's report and 
the Chair's ruling.

                              {time}  1120

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Stearns). The Clerk will read the 
gentlewoman's words.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       News accounts tell us that while the Speaker may have given 
     up the $4.5 million advance, he stands to gain that amount 
     and much more. That is a whole lot of dust where I come from. 
     If anything now, how much the Speaker earns has grown much 
     more dependent on how hard his publishing house hawks his 
     book.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is the Speaker's opinion that innuendo 
and critical references to the Speaker's personal conduct are not in 
order.


                         parliamentary inquiry

  Mr. VOLKMER. I have a parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his inquiry.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Is the Speaker now saying it is the ruling of the Chair 
that any statements as to activity, whether it is illegal or not, by 
the Speaker of the House in his private actions cannot be brought to 
the floor of this House? Is that the Chair's ruling? It appears that it 
is.
  Mr. LINDER. Point of order.
  Mr. VOLKMER. I appeal the ruling of the Chair. I want to know what 
the ruling of the Chair is.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In answer to the gentleman's question, 
first, it has been the Chair's ruling, and the precedents of the House 
support this, a proper level of respect is due to the Speaker.
  Does the gentleman appeal the Chair's ruling?
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, I appeal the ruling of the Chair.


                 motion to table offered by mr. linder

  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Linder moves to lay the Volkmer motion on the table.

  Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, would the Clerk repeat the motion?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion is to lay on the table the appeal 
of the ruling of the Chair.
  The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Georgia 
[Mr. Linder] to lay on the table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 214, 
nays 169, not voting 52, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 17]

                               YEAS--214

     Allard
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus (AL)
     Baker (CA)
     Baker (LA)
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blute
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brownback
     Bryant (TN)
     Bunn
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Chrysler
     Clinger
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins (GA)
     Combest
     Cooley
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cremeans
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dornan
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Fields (TX)
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (CT)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Funderburk
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gilchrest
     Gilman
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Greenwood
     Gunderson
     Hancock
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Heineman
     Herger
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hoke
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Inglis
     Istook
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lightfoot
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Longley
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Martini
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Meyers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Moorhead
     Morella
     [[Page H302]] Myers
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paxon
     Petri
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Riggs
     Roberts
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Roth
     Roukema
     Royce
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer
     Schiff
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stockman
     Stump
     Talent
     Tate
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Torkildsen
     Upton
     Vucanovich
     Waldholtz
     Walker
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Zeliff
     Zimmer

                               NAYS--169

     Abercrombie
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Beilenson
     Bentsen
     Bishop
     Bonior
     Borski
     Brewster
     Browder
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant (TX)
     Cardin
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coleman
     Collins (IL)
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Danner
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Fields (LA)
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Geren
     Gibbons
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Holden
     Hoyer
     Jackson-Lee
     Jacobs
     Jefferson
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson, E.B.
     Johnston
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kleczka
     Klink
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Laughlin
     Levin
     Lofgren
     Luther
     Maloney
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McDermott
     McHale
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Mfume
     Miller (CA)
     Mineta
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Montgomery
     Moran
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Orton
     Owens
     Pallone
     Parker
     Pastor
     Payne (NJ)
     Payne (VA)
     Peterson (FL)
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reed
     Richardson
     Rivers
     Roemer
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sawyer
     Schroeder
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Studds
     Stupak
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Tejeda
     Thompson
     Thornton
     Thurman
     Torricelli
     Towns
     Traficant
     Tucker
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Volkmer
     Ward
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Williams
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--52

     Ackerman
     Andrews
     Becerra
     Berman
     Bevill
     Boucher
     Chapman
     Collins (MI)
     de la Garza
     Deutsch
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Evans
     Flake
     Flanagan
     Foglietta
     Frisa
     Gekas
     Gillmor
     Gingrich
     Goodlatte
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hayes
     Hyde
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lincoln
     Lipinski
     Lowey
     McHugh
     McNulty
     Mollohan
     Murtha
     Pelosi
     Quillen
     Reynolds
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rose
     Salmon
     Sanders
     Seastrand
     Sisisky
     Slaughter
     Smith (TX)
     Tanner
     Torres
     Wilson
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1137

  Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan and Mr. SOUDER changed their vote from ``nay'' 
to ``yea.''
  So the motion to table was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Stearns). Without objection, the words 
will be stricken from the Record.
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.


                             point of order

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, a point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California will state his 
point of order.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, is it my 
understanding that the reason these words were taken down was because 
this was not a reference to the Speaker in terms of the Speaker's 
position or the policies of the Speaker as an officer, or of this 
institution, but that in fact it was a reference which clearly was 
outside the rules; is that correct?
  Mr. DINGELL. I object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to striking the words?
  The question is: Shall the words be stricken from the Record?
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas 
and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, 
nays 178, not voting 40, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 18]

                               YEAS--217

     Allard
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker (CA)
     Baker (LA)
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blute
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brownback
     Bryant (TN)
     Bunn
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Chrysler
     Clinger
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins (GA)
     Combest
     Cooley
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cremeans
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dornan
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Fields (TX)
     Flanagan
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Franks (CT)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frisa
     Funderburk
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Greenwood
     Gunderson
     Hancock
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Heineman
     Herger
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hoke
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Inglis
     Istook
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lightfoot
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Longley
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Martini
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Meyers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Moorhead
     Morella
     Myers
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Norwood
     Oxley
     Packard
     Paxon
     Petri
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Riggs
     Roberts
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Roth
     Roukema
     Royce
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer
     Schiff
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smith (MI)
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stockman
     Stump
     Talent
     Tate
     Taylor (NC)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Torkildsen
     Upton
     Vucanovich
     Waldholtz
     Walker
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Zeliff
     Zimmer

                               NAYS--178

     Abercrombie
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Beilenson
     Bentsen
     Bevill
     Bishop
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brewster
     Browder
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant (TX)
     Cardin
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coleman
     Collins (IL)
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Danner
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Fields (LA)
     Filner
     Foglietta
     Ford (TN)
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green
     Hall (TX)
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Holden
     Hoyer
     Jackson-Lee
     Jacobs
     Jefferson
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnston
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kleczka
     Klink
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Laughlin
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McDermott
     McHale
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Mfume
     Miller (CA)
     Mineta
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Montgomery
     Moran
     Nadler
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Orton
     Owens
     Pallone
     Parker
     Pastor
     Payne (NJ)
     Payne (VA)
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (FL)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reed
     Richardson
     Rivers
     Roemer
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schroeder
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Studds
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Tejeda
     [[Page H303]] Thompson
     Thornton
     Thurman
     Torricelli
     Towns
     Traficant
     Tucker
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Volkmer
     Ward
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Williams
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--40

     Ackerman
     Andrews (NJ)
     Becerra
     Berman
     Chapman
     Collins (MI)
     de la Garza
     Deutsch
     Dixon
     Flake
     Gekas
     Geren
     Gingrich
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hayes
     Hyde
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lincoln
     McHugh
     McNulty
     Metcalf
     Murtha
     Nussle
     Pelosi
     Quillen
     Reynolds
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rose
     Salmon
     Seastrand
     Slaughter
     Smith (TX)
     Torres
     Wilson
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1157

  So the motion to strike the words was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  

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