[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H11321-H11322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         DISMISSAL OF CONTESTED ELECTIONS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT

  (Mr. THOMAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

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  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, having indicated that he was going to offer 
a number of unanimous consents including the dismissal of some 
contested elections, it is my understanding that there is some problem 
on the minority side in approving UC's, and so I am hopeful that we 
will be able to dismiss these contested elections in the near future by 
unanimous consent.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. THOMAS. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I simply want to comment on the 
issue that the gentleman from California [Mr. Thomas] just referred to.
  Mr. Speaker, I am hopeful that the prohibition on unanimous-consent 
requests will be lifted sometime today. I certainly join the chairman 
in our mutual desire to clean up the file and remove these two 
contested election issues, and hopefully we will be able to get back to 
it by the end of the day.

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