[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 39 (Thursday, March 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H2489-H2490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, is there a number of 1-minutes per side set 
for today?
  The SPEAKER. The Chair believes the leaderships have agreed that 
there will be 10 on each side today.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, may I plead with the Chair, since it is in 
the Speaker's power, and point out that we have a number of Members in 
excess of that who wish to speak. I will make a commitment to the 
Speaker and a promise to the Speaker that I will not call for any votes 
today, and that I will be a very nice person today if the Speaker would 
go to 15 on each side.
  The SPEAKER. Let the Chair say to the gentleman from Missouri that we 
will try to accommodate him in the 
[[Page H2490]] next few minutes. I am told this was worked out last 
night in terms of some Judiciary Committee policy that also involved 
doing a favor for the gentleman's side. I do not want to stand up here 
and make this decision. I realize this is not the most momentous 
decision we will make this year, but if the gentleman will just wait 
for a minute or two on his potential opportunity, which the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker] and I used to cherish deeply, I suspect 
we will accommodate the gentleman. But I do not want to do that without 
checking with Mr. Armey. The majority leader has that prerogative, and 
I want to make sure he is happy with me.
  Mr. VOLKMER. I thank the Speaker.
  

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