[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H546-H547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, we are here doing the people's business on a 
regular basis, and what we have just heard is a great hypocrisy coming 
from the other side of the aisle. The fact that I, in the 103d 
Congress, which is the only Congress I have had the privilege of being 
a party to----
  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I request that the gentleman's words be 
taken down.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shays). The gentleman will please be 
seated.

                              {time}  1128


                         parliamentary inquiry

  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shays). The gentleman will state his 
parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, do not the rules of the House forbid 
Members from impugning the motives of other Members?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. There is a point of order that the words be 
taken down. The gentleman will suspend. The Chair will not anticipate 
his ruling by a parliamentary inquiry. With due respect to this 
Chamber, the Chair is a new Member of the House at taking this chair, 
and ask for your indulgence and cooperation. This is a very serious 
situation, of which the chair will ask the Clerk to report the words.
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I would ask unanimous consent to withdraw my 
previous words.
  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I will not 
object, providing there is an apology to the previous speaker.
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I request unanimous
   consent to remove the words that I spoke before.

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, if 
the gentleman apologizes for his words, which were directed at the 
previous speaker, I will not object.
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I did not refer to anyone with my words, and, 
I will repeat, that I would ask unanimous consent to withdraw my words.
  [[Page H547]] Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right 
to object, I request that the gentleman's words be read by the 
reporter.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the words.
  The CLERK. ``Mr. Speaker, We are here doing the people's business on 
a regular basis, and what we have just heard is a great hypocrisy 
coming from the other side of the aisle. The fact that I, in the 103d 
Congress, which is the only Congress I have had the privilege of being 
a party to.''
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, I object.
  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, the 
gentleman claims to have heard and therefore claims that it was spoken, 
a hypocrisy, by the previous speaker. If the gentleman does not 
apologize for those words, I will object to his withdrawing them.
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to apologize for the use of the 
word ``hypocrisy,'' and ask unanimous consent to remove those words.
  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there further objection to the request of 
the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Hoke]?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Hoke] may 
proceed in order.
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I think it is a great curiosity that the 
previous speaker, who presided over this body as the majority leader in 
the 103d Congress, knows full well that during that Congress we were 
under the 5-minute rule many, many, many times, and during that time we 
never, never once suspended under the 5-minute rule so that we would 
not be able to sit in committee. So I think it is a great curiosity 
that today we should hear that this is a complete undermining of all of 
the reforms that we are bringing forward, that we are somehow going 
back on the business of the people's House, when in fact that is the 
only way that this place was run during the 103d Congress. It was never 
run another way.


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