[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 44 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2968]
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 PERMISSION FOR SUNDRY COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES TO SIT ON TOMORROW 
                        DURING THE 5-MINUTE RULE

  Mr. SOLOMON. 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 Economic and Educational Opportunities, Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, Committee on House Oversight, 
Committee on the Judiciary, and Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure.
  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 
gentleman from New York?
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, we have 
consulted with the ranking minority member of each of those committees 
and subcommittees, and there is no objection.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to 
object, I had hoped, with the change in the House, this practice of 
Members being expected to be in three places at once would hopefully 
come to an end. Today, for example, I had a Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight and a Committee on National Security meeting as we 
had some very important tort reform legislation going on on the floor.
  Is it the intention of the Republican leadership to continue this 
practice for the remainder of the Congress, or at some time can we get 
to the point where Members can do one or maybe two things, and do them 
very well rather than running around like a bunch of chickens with our 
heads cut off?
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, I would say to 
him we are doing everything possible to get that Member home for the 
Easter break to have a work period. And once we have reached that April 
8 date I would think that we would go back to the regular rules of the 
House and probably would not be making these requests, or very seldom.
  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. If I may, there are things that are more 
important than the Easter break. Passing well-thought-out legislation 
is more important than the Easter break, and I would sure hope the 
Republican leadership would keep that in mind.
  Mr. SOLOMON. If the gentleman will yield, we certainly will, and I 
hope the gentleman has a happy Easter break when the time comes.
  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of 
objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Mississippi?
  There was no objection.

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