[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7653-H7654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 2264, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1998

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2264) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for 
other purposes, with a Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate 
amendment, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gutknecht). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Illinois?
  There was no objection.


                 Motion to Instruct Offered By Mr. Obey

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to instruct conferees.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Obey moves that in resolving the differences between 
     the House and Senate, the managers on the part of the House 
     at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
     on the bill, H.R. 2264, be instructed to insist on the Senate 
     position to provide $368,716,000 for congregate meals for the 
     elderly.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the gentleman from Illinois 
[Mr. Porter] will be recognized for 30 minutes, and the gentleman from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] will be recognized for 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey].
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks and include extraneous material.)
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I do not intend to take very much time. This 
amendment simply would raise by $4.1 million above the House figure the 
amount that we would support for congregate meals for the elderly. The 
Senate is $4 million higher than the House bill is. This would simply 
instruct the conferees to move to the Senate position.
  This program reaches our most vulnerable senior citizens, and I would 
think and hope that it would have broad support within the House.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, we accept the gentleman's motion.


                             General Leave

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and that I 
may include tabular and extraneous material.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Illinois?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I, too, yield back the balance of my time, and 
I move the previous question on the motion.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to instruct 
offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey].

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  The motion was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following conferees:
  Messrs. Porter,
  Young of Florida,
  Bonilla,
  Istook,
  Miller of Florida,
  Dickey,
  Wicker,
  Mrs. Northup,
  and Messrs. Livingston,
  Obey,
  Stokes,
  Hoyer,
  Ms. Pelosi,
  Mrs. Lowey,
  and Ms. DeLauro.
  There was no objection.

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