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




            OBSERVE NORMAL RULES OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, last night something happened that has 
never happened in my 12 years as a Member of this body: The Republican 
majority totally shut out the minority for debate on a bill, 
unprecedented and incredible.
  Mr. Speaker, speaking out against this incredible transgression is 
not obstructionism; it is called democracy, civility, the normal rules 
of parliamentary procedure.

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  If this type of gag rule continues, I can assure Members that the 
minority will not stand for this, and neither will the American people. 
If the majority thinks that a king and his court were elected to do 
anything they wanted, they will soon discover that the family friendly 
Congress will only be a dream.

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