[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2087]
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 ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND THE JOINT 
                        COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on House Oversight be discharged from further consideration of the 
resolution (H. Res. 86) electing members of the Joint Committee on 
Printing and the Joint Committee on the Library, and ask for its 
immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, under my 
reservation, I yield to the gentleman from California [Mr. Thomas] for 
the purpose of explaining the resolution.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.
  Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 86 provides for election of the 
following House Members to the Joint Committee on Printing under the 
rules: Mr. Roberts, Mr. Ney, Mr. Hoyer, and Mr. Jefferson.
  It also provides for election of the following Members to serve on 
the Joint Committee of the Library: Mr. Roberts, Mr. Ney, Mr. Fazio, 
and Mr. Pastor.
  Mr. Speaker, as the chairman of the Committee on House Oversight, I 
serve on both joint committees, and as chairman of the Joint Committee 
on Printing.
  I expect the Committee on House Oversight to hold hearings on ways to 
reform Government printing and to improve ways of dissemination of 
Government information, and to make up legislation shortly thereafter.
  As a result, it is our hope that in the 104th Congress, these joint 
committees should become obsolete, and therefore, unnecessary.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from California, the 
chairman of the Committee on House Oversight, for his explanation of 
the resolution and I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ewing). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from California.
  There was no objection.
  The clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                               H. Res. 86

       Resolved, That the following named Members be, and they are 
     hereby, elected to the following joint committees of 
     Congress, to serve with the chairman of the Committee on 
     House Oversight:
       Joint Committee on Printing: Mr. Roberts, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
     Hoyer, and Mr. Jefferson.
       Joint Committee on the Library: Mr. Roberts, Mr. Ney, Mr. 
     Fazio of California, and Mr. Pastor.
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  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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