[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 23 (Monday, February 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PERMISSION FOR VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES TO SIT DURING 
                         5-MINUTE RULE TOMORROW

  Ms. PRYCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the following 
committees and their subcommittees be permitted to sit tomorrow while 
the House is meeting in the Committee of the Whole House under the 5-
minute rule: Committee on Agriculture; Committee on Commerce; Committee 
on Economic and Educational Opportunities; Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight; Committee on International Relations; Committee 
on the Judiciary; Committee on Resources; Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding that the minority has been 
consulted and that there is no objection to these requests.
  The Speaker pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Ohio?
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to 
object, I have conferred with the leadership and have been advised by 
the minority leadership that, notwithstanding the fact that this 
appears to be inconsistent with the rule adopted by the majority which 
does away with absentee voting in committees, and notwithstanding the 
fact that it will require some Members to be in two places at one time, 
we will not object to this request.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.

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