[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

  A message in writing from the President of the United States was 
communicated to the House by Mr. Edwin Thomas, one of his secretaries.
                         parliamentary inquiry

  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary 
inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. How can we rise out of the Committee of 
the Whole without a motion to that effect? I did not hear anybody make 
a motion. It is strictly a technical point, but there are some 
procedural rules that apply in this body, I thought.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will inform the gentleman from 
North Carolina the Committee of the Whole can rise informally just for 
the purpose of receiving a message.
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Informally.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Yes. A motion is not required just for the 
purpose of receiving a message.
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. I thank the Chair for enlightening me.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Committee will resume its sitting.

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