[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 182 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13040]
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                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, Newt Gingrich and Medicare, the three words 
you need to understand this mess in Washington. He may really be a 
crybaby, but Newt Gingrich wants to demonstrate he is king of the 
mountain. And what better way to do that than to issue a royal decree 
cutting Medicare, even if it takes the taxpayers having to pay for 
800,000 Federal employees to have a taxpayer paid vacation. And since 
the king expects lobbyists to come bearing tribute, it is only natural 
Speaker Gingrich would be doing everything he can today to kill our ban 
on gifts from lobbyists to Members of this Congress just as he killed 
real lobby regulation last session. And before this week's shutdown and 
Newt's paid vacation for 800,000 Federal employees, we already had shut 
down one institution of this body, shut down with lethargy, shut down 
with delay.


                             point of order

  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, point of order. Is it parliamentary to call 
the Speaker of the House a crybaby?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Such remarks are not in order and Members 
should refrain from using such language.
  The gentleman may proceed in order.


                         parliamentary inquiry

  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry. Is it proper to 
refer to the front page of a newspaper that calls him a crybaby?


                             point of order

  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, point of order. The chart is demeaning to the 
House.
  Mr. VENTO. Regular order, Mr. Speaker. The gentleman should state his 
point of order, Mr. Speaker, if he has a point of order.
  Mr. HOKE. My point of order is that we are not to have demeaning 
charts.
  Mr. VENTO. Point of order, Mr. Speaker. That is not a point of order.
  Mr. HOKE. That is a point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman suspend?
  The Chair rules it is a legitimate point of order. The Chair also 
rules that the Members must be respectful of other Members and must 
avoid such referencing of other Members on the floor.
  Mr. HOKE. Would the Chair please instruct the Member to take the 
chart down?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman must proceed in order.


                         parliamentary inquiry

  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, so that I may comply with the rules of the 
House, I understand then that I am not to refer to the Speaker as a 
crybaby. May I use the term ``Newt's tantrum''?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In answering the gentleman's question, the 
Chair would point out to the gentleman that the gentleman should be 
respectful of all Members of the House and the Speaker as well. The 
gentleman may not use demonstrations to be disrespectful to any Member 
or to the Speaker.
  Mr. DOGGETT. But the Chair is not suggesting that this Daily News 
``crybaby'' front page has to come down at this point?

  Mr. HOKE. Regular order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is suggesting that it should be 
removed if it is intended to bring disrespect toward a Member of the 
House.
  Mr. DOGGETT. It is not on the House, Mr. Speaker. How much time do I 
have remaining?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman's time has expired.
  Mr. DOGGETT. With the parliamentary inquiries? Not with my 1 minute.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. No, with the gentleman's use of time.
  Mr. DOGGETT. I thank the Speaker.

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