[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 2 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H48]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of inquiring about the 
schedule for next week, I am pleased to yield to the distinguished 
majority leader to respond.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from California for 
the chance to respond, and if I might preface my response by saying how 
very pleased I am to see the gentlewoman from California at the podium 
today performing her official duties as whip for the Democratic side of 
the aisle.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the House has completed 
its legislative business for the week. The House will next meet for 
legislative business on Tuesday, January 29, 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, recorded votes are expected promptly at 5 p.m. in order 
to provide time for a security sweep of the House Chamber. The House 
will meet in joint session with the Senate at 9 p.m. to receive a State 
of the Union Address from President George W. Bush.
  On Wednesday, and the balance of the week, no votes are expected in 
the House.
  I want to thank the distinguished minority whip for yielding to me.
  Ms. PELOSI. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman 
for his presentation of the schedule and for his kind welcoming 
remarks. I want to in turn say that I congratulate him on his decision 
and wish him well. We still have a year to go and look forward to 
working with him during that time.
  And ``work'' is the word. Do I understand that the only legislative 
business next week will be on Tuesday, with votes at 5 p.m.?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentlewoman will continue to yield, she is correct, 
and this is a very important point. We will have the votes at 5 p.m. on 
Tuesday next in order for the security sweep in preparation of the 
President's address. This is a departure from our normal proceedings, 
as many Members know.
  So as the gentlewoman from California correctly points out, we need 
Members to be aware that it is a 5 p.m. vote time on Tuesday next.
  Ms. PELOSI. Well, we all are awaiting with great optimism the address 
of the President of the United States in the State of the Union on 
Tuesday. And I understand the votes are at 5 p.m., but there will be no 
legislative business on Wednesday or for the rest of the week next 
week?
  Mr. ARMEY. No. Thanks again for the inquiry, but that is correct.
  Ms. PELOSI. Do we not have any work to do?
  Mr. ARMEY. There is no work to do.
  Ms. PELOSI. We seem to have some challenges in our country, and I 
would hope we would use all the time available to us to do that.
  I thank the gentleman for advising us of the schedule.

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