[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 168 (Thursday, December 6, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H9053]
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                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to inquire about next week's 
schedule.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. DeLAURO. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. GOSS. I thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for yielding, and 
I am pleased to announce, Mr. Speaker, that the House has completed its 
legislative business for the week. The majority leader has announced 
the following legislative program for next week:
  The House will next meet for legislative business on Tuesday, 
December 11, at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and at 2 p.m. for 
legislative business. The House will consider a number of measures 
under suspension of the rules, a list of which will be distributed to 
Members' offices tomorrow. On Tuesday, no recorded votes are expected 
before 6:30 p.m.
  On Wednesday and the balance of the week, the House will consider 
H.R. 3129, the Customs Border Security Act of 2001, subject to a rule. 
We are also hopeful to be ready to consider the Education conference 
report, the Intelligence Authorization conference report, the Labor-HHS 
Appropriations Conference Report, and broadband legislation, all next 
week.
  And I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, if I might ask the 
gentleman one or two questions about the schedule for next week.
  And I thank the gentle woman for yielding.
  Do we anticipate that election reform legislation would be coming to 
the floor next week?
  Mr. GOSS. If the gentlewoman will continue to yield.
  Ms. DeLAURO. I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. GOSS. I would be pleased to inform her that, as far as I know, 
the committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on the Judiciary, still 
has that under consideration and we have not been advised whether it in 
fact will be ready for next week.
  Ms. DeLAURO. So we do not believe it will be ready for next week.
  Mr. GOSS. We do not know at this point.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Can we qualify it further?
  Mr. GOSS. So far.
  Ms. DeLAURO. So far. Okay.
  Do we anticipate that there will be votes on Friday or into the 
weekend?
  Mr. GOSS. It is my understanding at this time, if the gentlewoman 
will continue to yield, that there is a strong possibility of votes on 
Friday and, if the business is not completed by Friday evening, that 
the intention is that we might well have to continue on into the 
weekend.
  Ms. DeLAURO. And if we continue on, is that an indication that we 
would try to finish before the end of the weekend, or stay until we are 
finished with business through some time next weekend or the following 
week?
  Mr. GOSS. If the gentlewoman will continue to yield.
  Ms. DeLAURO. I do continue to yield.
  Mr. GOSS. It would be my fondest wish to be able to give a date 
certain to the gentlewoman from Connecticut. The best I can say is that 
it is the intention to finish up by the end of next week. Whether or 
not that will be possible, we do not know. Clearly, when we start out 
with a good intention, it enhances the possibility that we will succeed 
at that good intention. But Members need to know we may in fact be 
working through next week, and then plan accordingly.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Through the weekend. And a final question. On which day 
do you expect the broadband legislation to come to the floor of the 
House?
  Mr. GOSS. If the gentlewoman will continue to yield, I understand two 
committees of jurisdiction are still putting some final touches on 
that, and that that will be announced next week, early on in the week, 
as far as I know.
  Ms. DeLAURO. So we can anticipate that it would be at the beginning? 
We come back in on Tuesday night; so Wednesday, Thursday?
  Mr. GOSS. It is unlikely that that legislation would show up before 
Wednesday.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Meaning that we will not be here before Wednesday. I 
thank the gentleman.
  Mr. GOSS. I hope the gentlewoman will be here before Wednesday, 
because there will be votes Tuesday night at 6:30.
  Ms. DeLAURO. I understand. So it will not be Tuesday night.




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