[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 153 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H11748]
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                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. ARMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, we will continue to work on this whole 
subject of the schedule for the remainder of the day and ensuing. I 
know Members on both sides of the aisle are very anxious about this 
schedule, and let me just suggest that we will need to perhaps put the 
House into recess for an hour.
  We will continue with our meeting and our negotiations with the 
minority, and hopefully within the hour we can return with an 
announcement of what the schedule will be for the remainder of this 
day, this week, and that time ensuing.
  Mr. Speaker, I should encourage Members to stay close to their 
offices. We would like to, on behalf of all the Members, be able to 
give you definitive word within that hour time period, and at that 
point, of course, each and every Member can follow up as they and their 
family's needs dictate.
  If I may ask the indulgence of the Chamber, that we take that recess, 
come back within the hour, and make that announcement.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ARMEY. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gentleman from Texas, the 
majority leader, let me just state from the perspective of many on this 
side of the aisle, and I assume some even on the gentleman's side of 
the aisle, that we would look down upon any activity in this body to go 
forward with impeachment while American men and women are engaged in 
armed conflict.
  I hope in your deliberations, I hope in your deliberations, that you 
consider the message that that will send to people around the world, 
and more particularly, those who are fighting on behalf of this 
country.
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman from Michigan for his advice.

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