[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5681]
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            SCHEDULE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1561

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I have asked unanimous consent to inquire of 
the chairman of the Committee on International Relations the schedule 
for tomorrow so that we understand what amendments might come up. I 
would like to inquire of the chairman of the Committee on International 
Relations the implications of the decision to rise at this point.
  I understand that there is an hour and 45 minutes left of debate. We 
have at least three Democratic amendments scheduled: the gentleman from 
Maryland [Mr. Hoyer], the gentleman from California [Mr. Berman], the 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Andrews]. However, with an hour and 45 
minutes tomorrow, it is conceivable that, particularly if the chairman 
was to oppose the Burton amendment, that the chairman might have two 
amendments in succession which would preclude the ability of the 
Democrats to offer any of our amendments.
  I would like some assurance from the chairman that the Democrats will 
be able to offer an amendment after the subsequent Republican amendment 
to this bill.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MORAN. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I have been informed that 1 hour and 45 
minutes remain on full debate on this bill. We have a manager's 
amendment which is en bloc, a number of amendments, and then we have 
the Burton amendment. And whatever additional time that may be 
remaining, we will try to accommodate the gentleman.
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I would suggest to the Chairman that is the 
reason for the inquiry because that may very well take up the full 
space of the 1 hour and 45 minutes which means that there would be two 
Republican amendments. There would not be the opportunity for any 
Democratic amendment to be offered, if that were the schedule. That is 
the concern of the minority side.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, we 
will try to urge the Members to keep their remarks as brief as possible 
and the Berman amendment will be next following the Burton amendment.
  Mr. MORAN. Can the Chairman assure us that we will get a Democratic 
amendment, at least one Democratic amendment considered tomorrow.
  Mr. GILMAN. It will depend on the amount of time that we will be able 
to save with the debate on those two measures.
  Mr. MORAN. This side would much appreciate the Chairman cooperating.
  Mr. GILMAN. We will try to do our best to allow some time for 
additional amendments.

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