[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ADJOURNMENT FROM 9:57 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. TODAY

  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House 
adjourn today, it adjourn to meet at 11:30 a.m. today.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, and I 
probably will not object, I would like to inquire of the majority 
leader what this unanimous-consent request would result in with regard 
to the schedule for this morning.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GEPHARDT. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman knows, today is still 
yesterday. If this unanimous-consent request is agreed to, then we will 
adjourn and we will come back in an hour and a half, when today will be 
tomorrow, we will reconvene the House, and we will forego 1-minutes. 
Then we will go into the rule on the budget conference report, and then 
from there we will move on to the budget conference report.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, could the gentleman tell the Members what 
might happen after that?
  Mr. ARMEY. Assuming, of course, that that will go swimmingly.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Side stroke, all the way.
  Mr. ARMEY. To coin a phrase, as it were, we would then expect to move 
on to the rule on the rescission bill and then on the rescission bill.
  Following that, we would hope to complete consideration of the 
Medicare select conference report.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, can the gentleman tell us if there is 
business beyond that that he would like to try to finish today or 
tomorrow?
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I would hope that that would complete our day 
for today, and that perhaps we would return tomorrow and take under 
consideration the appropriations bill that has been under 
consideration.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. ARMEY. We would return the day after tomorrow.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, just for 
purposes of Members having time to do what they need to do this 
morning, and I will not object, but if we go into the full House to do 
the rule on the budget conference report, it would be difficult, I 
might tell my colleagues, for us to get a vote until the previous 
question on the rule, which Members can factor in the additional time 
that Members will have between now and then. That is probably an 
additional 45 minutes on top of the hour and a half.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GEPHARDT. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is correct, assuming there is 
no vote on the approval of the Journal, in which case we could roll 
that to a later point, and we should be able to give all our Members an 
opportunity to freshen up, come back, and be ready to run the table.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to be 
available for one additional question, is it still the gentleman's 
intent to have the House adjourn at 3 o'clock tomorrow?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield further, the gentleman is 
correct. I have every intent, albeit a decreasing optimism, of being 
out of here by 3 o'clock tomorrow. However, it is important that we 
meet our departure times, especially after a rigorous week, and if 
everything goes well, we should have every expectation of having 
everyone out for the 4th of July work period by 3 o'clock on Friday.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GEPHARDT. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, are we contemplating Chief 
Justice Warren Burger's funeral today at 12:30, and is there going to 
be any time for those who may wish to attend to do so?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield further the gentleman is 
perfectly correct in making the question. At that time we should be in 
general debate, and there should be an opportunity for Members who wish 
to attend. I appreciate the gentleman making the inquiry.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield further, I would 
like to ask the majority leader, Members have inquired as to whether or 
not the committees that are on, that are scheduled to meet at 10 
o'clock, will be meeting.
  Mr. ARMEY. I am sure that would be at the discretion of each of the 
separate committees, but we will not be in the House under the 5-minute 
rule, so it would be perfectly acceptable within the rules of the House 
for them to do so.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. One last inquiry, Mr. Speaker, of the distinguished 
majority leader. Will there be any 1-minute speeches today?
  Mr. ARMEY. Again, Mr. Speaker, let me thank the minority leader for 
asking. With the gentleman's acceptance, I would propose that we not do 
so.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GEPHARDT. I yield to the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman mentioned that later on 
tomorrow, the next legislative day, that the second item of business 
would probably be the rule, and then the new rescission bill. When will 
that bill be available for Members to review?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman from Missouri will yield further, Mr. 
Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman asking me. That will happen as soon 
as we can get to it.
  Mr. VOLKMER. If the gentleman will continue to yield, some Members 
might like to take a look at it before we vote on it.
  Mr. ARMEY. I appreciate that. It is available now and I am sure we 
can make it available to the gentleman.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.

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