[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 125 (Friday, September 18, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING QUESTION OF 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. CONDIT. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2 of rule IX, I hereby 
give notice of my intention, along with the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Deutsch) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) a resolution 
which raises a question of the privileges of the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:
  Ordering the immediate printing of the entire communication received 
on September 9, 1998, from an independent counsel.
  Whereas the entire communication of the Office of the Independent 
Counsel received by the House of Representatives on September 9, 1998, 
includes information of fundamental constitutional importance;
  Whereas the American people have a right to receive and review this 
communication in its entirety;
  Whereas the House Committee on the Judiciary has failed to make the 
entire communication available to the American people; and
  Whereas failure to make the entire communication available to the 
American people raises a question of privilege affecting the dignity 
and integrity of the proceedings of the House under Rule IX of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives: Now, therefore, be it
  Resolved, That the entire communication received, including all 
appendices and related materials, on September 9, 1998, from an 
independent counsel, pursuant to section 595(c) of title 28, United 
States Code, shall be printed immediately as a document of the House of 
Representatives.
  The SPEAKER. Under rule IX a resolution offered from the floor by a 
Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader as a 
question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence only 
at a time designated by the Chair within 2 legislative days after the 
resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentleman from California will appear in the Record at this point.
  The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution 
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at 
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.

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