[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5485]
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  ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER RELATIVE TO FLOOR PRIVILEGES OF FORMER 
                                MEMBERS

  The SPEAKER. On June 9, 1994, Speaker Foley reminded former Members 
of the prohibition of clause 3 of rule XXXII against former Members 
obtaining floor privileges during the pendency of a matter in which 
they have a personal or pecuniary interest, emphasizing that the test 
for whether the rule is being violated is the former Member's status as 
one with a personal or pecuniary interest rather than their intent to 
lobby. On that occasion Speaker Foley also admonished former Members 
from importuning the doorkeepers to waive the restrictions of the rule, 
since the Chair may not even recognize a unanimous-consent request to 
do so.
  The Chair is taking this opportunity to reiterate the guidelines 
first announced by Speaker O'Neill under clause 3 of rule XXXII on 
January 6, 1977, and again on June 7, 1978, and by Speaker Foley last 
year in order to discourage former Members from attempting to exercise 
their limited floor privileges when they find themselves under this 
restriction and to remind former Members that the prohibition extends 
beyond the floor to rooms leading thereto, such as the Speaker's lobby 
and the respective Cloakrooms.

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