[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2609]
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                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. ARMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to take a moment to advise the body 
that I have made a decision about the schedule. What I would like to 
ask our Members to do in consideration of the Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity of the Committee on Banking and Financial 
Services and the gentleman from New York [Mr. Lazio] and the gentleman 
from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy] to have an opportunity to bring their 
team together, that we would spend the next hour entertaining 5-minute 
special orders, which I expect will be entertaining, and allow them 
time to prepare to return to the floor and complete the very important 
work on the housing bill, perhaps even to have that bill completed 
today.
  With the indulgence of all of our Members, I would ask, then, that we 
go ahead, retire to 5-minute special orders for 1 hour and at that 
point we can bring that very important work to the floor.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ARMEY. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, would my distinguished colleague from Texas 
tell us when he expects the supplemental to come back to the floor in 
the form of a rule?
  Mr. ARMEY. I appreciate the gentleman's inquiry.
  Mr. BONIOR. I did it as nicely as I could.
  Mr. ARMEY. Nearly as nice as the gentleman appreciated his inquiry.
  We will, of course, be discussing the supplemental and the rule with 
the Committee on Rules. We would, of course, try to bring that back as 
soon as possible. I will see what advice I can give to the body later 
in the day.
  Mr. Speaker, if the Members agree, then, we will retire to 5-minute 
special orders for 1 hour, at which time we will bring up the housing 
bill again.

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