[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8281]
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   REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT OUT OF ORDER DURING 
         CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1555, COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1995

  Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the 
Committee of the Whole resumes consideration of the bill, H.R. 1555, 
pursuant to House Resolution 207, on the legislative day of August 3, 
1995, it shall be in order to consider the amendment numbered 2-1 and 
2-2 in House Report 104-223, notwithstanding earlier consideration of 
the amendment 2-3 in that report on the legislative day of August 2, 
1995.
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I 
would like to ask the gentleman to explain exactly what he is 
attempting to do here.
  Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from Virginia.
  Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, basically it would allow us today to take up 
the Cox-Wyden amendment after the manager's amendment. That is it.
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I would ask the gentleman, is there 
some reason for doing that?
  Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
only to save time, so that we will have less time to be consumed 
tomorrow evening when we return to the bill.
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, it also is because the gentleman from 
Michigan [Mr. Conyers] would prefer to bring up his amendments 
tomorrow, and the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Markey] would 
prefer to bring up his amendments tomorrow. This would facilitate the 
business of the House, and also is an accommodation to the Members.
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the gentleman would 
respond, if I might yield to him further, why these gentlemen want to 
take their amendments up tomorrow instead of the middle of the night 
like all of the other amendments?
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, on my amendment 
No. 2-1, we were very close tonight to having a final agreement on it. 
We worked on it for about 4 hours. We feel with a little more effort 
tonight and tomorrow morning, we may be able to get an agreement so we 
do not have to bring up my amendment tomorrow. We are trying to save 
the time tonight.
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time under my 
reservation, I would just like to say that the process of bringing this 
up in the middle of the night is an outrage, and I will not go along 
with accommodating anybody. If we are going to stay here all night 
long, everybody can stay here all night long, and I object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.

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