[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1743]
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                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. GEPHARDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask the gentleman from Texas, is this 
the last vote for the evening? How late will we go tomorrow, and what 
might be the schedule for Thursday.
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GEPHARDT. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, it seems that we will have no more votes 
today. We will not take up the rule for the National Security Act 
tonight. We will start tomorrow after a reasonable number of 1 minutes 
that we will work out with the minority leader and start with the rule 
on the National Security Act.
  Members need to understand that it is the intention of the majority 
to make sure that we go late enough tomorrow night so that we will be 
assured of being out at 3 o'clock Thursday for the President's Day 
recess.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, could the gentleman also give any 
indication about the schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday so that Members 
who might want to suggest amendments to bills could get ready to do 
that?
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
right now we are not prepared to say what will happen Tuesday. We do 
think we will stick, possibly, to the normal come in at 2, no votes 
until 5. But that would be announced at a later date.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. I yield to the 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roemer].
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Missouri for 
yielding to me.
  I just want to rise and commend the majority and particularly the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey]. He and I have risen to engage in a 
colloquy the last couple weeks to talk about a family-friendly schedule 
and, in particular, to talk about getting out tonight by 7 o'clock.
  I can see that the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey] is not only good 
on his word at 7 o'clock, he is an hour early.
  A number of families, Congressmen, Congresswomen have come up to me 
and asked me to end my poetic career by doing one more poem for the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey]. So I will do this and end in salute 
to him.

     Roses are red,
     Violets are blue.
     Thanks to Dick Armey,
     We are out of the stew.
     We are into the roses and maybe a sip of wine,
     A family-friendly schedule, it's about time.

  Mr. Speaker, we are delighted to have this opportunity to spend 1 
night with our families, and we look forward to working with the 
majority in the future, especially after the first 100 days, to see 
that we can make this body more productive, more efficient and not 
necessarily working against scheduling time with our families.
  I thank the gentleman from Texas and the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. 
DeLay].
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his remarks in 
complimenting our distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from 
Texas [Mr. Armey]. Even though he does not look like cupid, there is a 
lot of love in his heart. In fact, he understands how important it is 
to get out and be with our families, particularly on Valentine's Day.
  I just might urge those Members that have been signed up for special 
orders, that if they would, on both sides of the aisle, would take care 
in the amount of time that they spend so that our staff can also have a 
little Valentine's Day break and get out of here early.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman.

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