[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H301-H303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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.
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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
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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)
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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)
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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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