[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 87 (Monday, June 27, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H5250]
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  CORRECTION TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2005, AT 
                               PAGE H5116

  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Chairman, I have a point of 
personal privilege.
  Mr. Chairman, I believe, under the traditions of the House, the Chair 
is the Speaker of the Who1e House, and the Chair has an obligation to 
call the vote in the manner in which the vote was arrived at under the 
voice vote. It is not a question of whether the ayes or the noes will 
prevail on a recorded vote. The question is what happened on the floor 
at that particular time. In this instance, the yeas prevailed, and the 
Chair said the noes prevailed.
  A number of years ago, we had very heated debates on this floor from 
the Republican side, from Mr. Walker, because they felt that they were 
insulted, especially when cameras came into this Chamber, that the 
Chair would call votes against their interests when they clearly 
prevailed on the voice. The Chair was admonished by the Speaker of the 
House, and we went back to what was the traditionally fair point of 
view.
  So I would ask the Chair in the future, and future Chairs, to 
recognize that the Chair is calling the event that takes place in front 
of the Chair on the floor, not what the Chair perceives to be, and may 
be correctly so, the outcome of the vote later on in the day when the 
recorded vote is taken.
  Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote on the Chair's ruling.

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