[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 157 (Tuesday, November 9, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H11827-H11828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 PERMISSION TO CONSIDER SPECIAL ORDER IN MEMORY OF THE LATE HONORABLE 
                         GEORGE E. BROWN FIRST

  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, as we begin some special orders in this 
interim planning period, I am advised that there are members of the 
family of the former Member, George Brown,

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in attendance to the body at this very moment. We have a host of 
Members who would like to take some time to pay their respects to Mr. 
Brown. They are listed for a special order this evening.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the memory of George Brown, I ask unanimous 
consent that those Members who would like to have this discussion 
proceed with the proviso that they would yield for me to make any 
announcements or for us to take up any work that we would have to do 
later in the evening.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Walden of Oregon). Is there objection to 
the request of the gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.

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