[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6209-H6210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           GAMES IN THE HOUSE

  (Mr. PAXON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAXON. Mr. Speaker, there is sanctimony dripping from the 
ceiling. I want to set the record straight. I see my colleague, the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio] standing here. I would remind the 
gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. Schroeder], who just stood and talked 
about scheduling events on weekends and at times the House is not in 
session, that the gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio], [[Page H 
6210]] chairman of the DCCC, used to come to me and say ``We are going 
to have an event. We would like to make certain that votes are not 
called during that time.'' We always obliged. I think there was always 
comity between the two sides of the aisle.
  We held an event, that side holds events. Both sides do it. This vote 
had nothing to do with the scheduling of our event. It had everything 
to do, though, with games being played here in the House that had 
nothing to do with the NRCC's event last night. However, we certainly 
will remember that advice in the future, when it comes to scheduling 
events, and certainly keep an eye on that side's, also.

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