[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 10 (Thursday, January 17, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H700-H701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REQUEST TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON H.J. RES. 28

  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to reconsider the 
vote by which H.J. Res. 28 was passed.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. For what purpose does the gentleman from 
Maryland seek recognition?
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object--I understand 
there is a problem--and I intend to object.
  We have told all our people to go home. It is not just a question of 
being in their offices, with all due respect. They are on their way to 
their planes. It is far after the time when we usually leave on a go-
away day.
  And I feel badly. I am going to look at the TV. I don't, frankly, 
think--I was sitting right here. I didn't hear or see anybody asking 
for a recorded vote. And, very frankly, you don't usually have to ask 
for a recorded vote because, when you were in the majority, it was 
always us that had to record the vote because we were losing. Frankly, 
I think that is what happened, I will be very honest with you.
  But again, I would like to be able to correct this situation. But I 
cannot do that in good conscience because people have told me they had 
1:30 planes, and they are gone. And I feel very badly about that, but 
that is the fact.
  I don't think any games were played. I am going to look at the tape--
it is on television--and see. I understand the problem that most of you 
were not for the resolution that passed. We didn't stop anybody from 
asking for a vote, nor could we have stopped anybody from asking for a 
vote. I was surprised that it went without a vote.
  The Speaker and the Parliamentarian indicate that the proper 
procedure was followed, but the vote was not asked for. Therefore, I 
feel badly about it, because I understand the problem you are in. But I 
have Members who have left for the airports and they are not going to 
be here.
  The vote, if it was reconsidered, is equally important on our side as 
it is on your side. I cannot expose my Members to missing that vote, 
nor will I. And I apologize for that. But I hope you understand that, 
given the situation, I cannot let my Members be subjected to missing 
that vote, which is a very important vote for them. And, therefore, I 
will have to object.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.

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