[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S3414]
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 REGARDING MAJORITY PARTY MEMBERSHIP OF THE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
                               COMMITTEE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send to the desk a resolution regarding 
majority party membership of the Labor and Human Resources Committee 
and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 245) making majority party 
     appointments to the Labor and Human Resources Committee.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise in support of adoption of Senate 
Resolution 245 which will have the effect of removing me from 
membership on the Labor and Human Resources Committee. Although I would 
have liked to retain my assignment on the Labor Committee, I support 
this action in deference to rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate. Rule XXV limits the number of committees on which each Member 
may serve during a Congress. In combination with rule XXV, and the 
seniority considerations within the Senate Republican conference, which 
dictate the basis by which Members obtain waivers to serve on more than 
two ``A'' committees, I am not eligible at this time to continue to 
serve on the Labor Committee during the remainder of the 104th 
Congress.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So the resolution (S. Res. 245) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 245

       Resolved, That notwithstanding any provision in Rule 25 or 
     26, the following be the majority party membership on the 
     Committee on Labor and Human Resources for the 104th 
     Congress, or until their successors are appointed:
       Labor and Human Resources: Mrs. Kassebaum (Chairman), Mr. 
     Jeffords, Mr. Coats, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Frist, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
     Ashcroft, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. Faircloth.

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