[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5681-H5682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ON AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1561

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, does that mean that no one else will be 
able to offer amendments? We have only got this 1 hour and 45 minutes 
and, as you know, I have a very, I think, important amendment dealing 
with immigration, [[Page H5682]] which I do not even think should be in 
this bill. Does that mean that we are not going to have time to get to 
anybody else's amendment?
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, it will all depend on the amount of time 
that we can conserve in the remaining time that has been allotted to us 
by the rule. We have an hour and 45 minutes remaining, and we will try 
to work with the minority as best we can.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to note 
that under this unfair rule we have, the quorum call, a totally 
unnecessary quorum call came out of the time for amendments. We will 
probably have one less amendment because for no valid parliamentary 
reason, we spent about 25 minutes with a quorum call so somebody could 
get a bigger audience. And under the crazy rule we have, a quorum call 
comes out of the time and the quorum call has probably eclipsed one 
amendment.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, if the gentlewoman will continue to yield, 
let me explain that on four occasions this evening, I attempted to 
arrive at unanimous consent to cut back on the debate time so we would 
have additional time left for other amendments.
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, if the gentlewoman will 
continue to yield, I do not regard it as an acceptable trade-off that 
you cut off debate time to have a quorum call. I do not think cutting 
debate on important amendments is an acceptable defense of a very 
arbitrary and unfair rule.

                          ____________________