[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4186-H4187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          MEMBER'S RESPONSE TO CHARGES INVOLVING TAX PROVISION

  (Mr. ARCHER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman has used my name and violated 
the rules of the House because remarks are supposed to be addressed to 
the Speaker, not to individual Members, and, second, what he just said 
is totally distorted.
  The amendment to which he refers was introduced in the conference 
committee by the Democratic Senator from Illinois, Carol Moseley-Braun, 
and pushed by the----
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SOLOMON. Regular order.
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Camp). Regular order has been called. 
The gentleman will suspend. Mr. Archer has the floor.
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield to answer to the 
American people why you did what you did?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida is out of order.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, regular order.
  Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, is anarchy acceptable procedure on the floor 
of the House? Is interruption and anarchy the basis on which we will 
conduct our business on the floor of the House? I hope not.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may not be interrupted. The 
gentleman from Texas may proceed.
  Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman has totally distorted what he 
spoke of. He should go to the Democrat Senator from Illinois, Senator 
Carol Moseley-Braun, and ask her why she insisted and why the Senate 
insisted, in order to be able to get this conference report out, on 
this provision 
[[Page H4187]] being included. There was a real need for expedition to 
be able to give the self-employed taxpayers of this country the 
opportunity to deduct their health care benefits on insurance before 
April 15, and our side did everything we could to expedite the ability 
for that to occur. The Senate insisted on including such----
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Regular order, Mr. Speaker. What about rules? Mr. 
Solomon, what about 1-minutes?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida is out of order.
  Mr. DEUTSCH. What about 1-minutes, Mr. Solomon? I would ask for 
unanimous consent that the gentleman be able to conclude and that I 
have 1 minute to respond.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida will suspend. 
There will be regular order.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York [Ms. Velazquez]. 
For what purpose does the gentlewoman rise?

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