[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
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  POSTPONING VOTES DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2099, DEPARTMENTS OF 
  VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
during the consideration of H.R. 2099 pursuant to the provisions of 
House Resolution 201, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may 
postpone until a time during further consideration in the Committee of 
the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment, and that the 
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce to not less than 5 
minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any postponed 
question that immediately follows another vote by electronic device 
without intervening business, provided that the time for voting by 
electronic device on the first in any series of questions shall not be 
less than 15 minutes.
  Mr. Speaker, I would mention that we have a gap in time today of 2 
hours between 2 and 4 when Members want to go to the Korean Memorial 
ceremonies.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. STOKES. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I would like 
to get further clarification with respect to rolling the amendments. If 
we can agree that not more than three or four would be rolled at a 
time, I do not think there would be any problem at all from our side.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. STOKES. Further reserving the right to object, I yield to the 
gentleman from California.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, there is no problem with that 
on this side at all. I expect that we may have a series of amendments, 
five or six or seven, some of which will not request votes, and if 
there are three or four, I think that is very workable.
  Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. MINETA. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I would like 
to inquire of the gentleman from California. A number of us who are 
Korean war veterans would like to be going down to the dedication of 
the Korean War Veterans Memorial dedication.
  There was some thought that maybe between the hours of 2 and 4 that 
there may be some opportunity so that some of us may be able to get 
away for the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. I would 
hope that we would be able to cluster some of those votes outside that 
2 to 4.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MINETA. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
raising the question. We mentioned it earlier. It is very important 
that Members know that we will be trying to structure votes so that 
there will be free time between 2 and 4 for the Korean Memorial 
ceremony.
  Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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