[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 73 (Thursday, May 24, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. ARMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, let me say, first of all, the discussions on 
the very important tax reduction bill that the Nation is so excited 
about are continuing.
  Members should be advised, Mr. Speaker, that we would expect no votes 
on the floor of the House before 4 p.m. tomorrow. Members should be 
here ready to vote by 4 p.m. in the afternoon tomorrow.
  Members should be prepared, when they present themselves here at 4 
p.m., to remain here in town available for votes throughout the evening 
and throughout Saturday. Hopefully, it will not be necessary beyond 
that, but Members should return for those votes and be prepared to stay 
here in town to complete the work through the remainder of the day, the 
evening and through Saturday.
  Mr. Speaker, I would encourage Members if they are planning on 
traveling at all, if they are planning on taking a short jaunt back 
home, and I hope they can, that they check with the Whip's office or 
with the cloakroom so that we are able to notify you.
  In any event, we will be on the floor. We will be doing business at 4 
p.m. tomorrow, and it is the intention of the House and the other body 
for us to then continue the work until it is completed in both bodies 
throughout whatever period of time after 4 p.m. tomorrow it takes to 
complete the work.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Members for their cooperation and, I 
might add, their good humor. These are difficult times. We all have 
important things we would like to do back home that we have been 
planning to do at home. We have, of course, time with our family that 
is so important to all of us.
  The Members on this occasion are being called upon to do, as it were, 
extra, difficult work, extra, difficult hours, the reward being, of 
course, to all the tax-paying constituents in their district.
  Mr. Speaker, I, for one, would like to just appreciate everybody for 
their good humor and their good work.

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