[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6202]
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                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. 
Scalise), the minority whip.
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I yield back to the majority leader to 
inquire as to the calendar for the remainder of this week--the bills 
that we just finished voting on, go through the rest of the bills that 
were on the schedule. Since there is no schedule that we see before us, 
if the majority leader could tell us what to expect next after this 
last vote.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for this opportunity to 
inform the Members of where we are. So many of us have been through 
this process before, and I know that every Member wants to have as much 
certainty about the schedule as possible. But, also, every Member 
understands that when we are at a period of time when we are trying to 
leave for a week and we have important legislation to do, that these 
events sometimes drag out.
  So the schedule is this: After the next vote we are going to break 
for dinner. Members will be on notice that they will receive a 1-hour 
notice if we are going to return. As the House knows, we are scheduled 
to meet tomorrow as well, which we intend to do. So it is not unusual 
that we would go long before the last day, assuming that is the last 
day.
  I want everybody to get the ramifications of assuming that tomorrow 
is the last day. We want to get two major pieces of legislation done. 
They are controversial pieces of legislation, we know, but we want to 
get those done. We are working on that. The other side has gone through 
that experience themselves.
  Members should be on notice that we have an intention to break after 
this next vote for dinner, subject to an hour's notice to be back here, 
with the expectation that there may well be votes this evening. We are 
hopeful that those votes would be sooner rather than later in terms of 
going late into the night.
  We will meet tomorrow at 9 o'clock and hope to complete the remainder 
of the business that was noted as possible for this week.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. As we 
anticipate possible votes tonight, possible votes tomorrow, the two 
major pieces of legislation that are still out there, and specifically 
the bill that went before the Rules Committee yesterday, roughly 2,500 
pages.
  One of the things we talked about is, if that bill were to come to 
the floor, currently there is no Congressional Budget Office or Joint 
Committee on Taxation score on those bills, would there be a score on 
those bills prior to them coming to the floor for a vote?
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for the question, and 
then we will conclude. We hope to have not only a JCT score but also 
CBO scores. As the gentleman knows, the overwhelming majority of the 
bill has been pending for some time. Obviously, the CBO has been 
reviewing the individual items for some time. We expect to have very 
close to most of the bill.
  It does not need a CBO score. It does need a CBO score, however, when 
it goes to the Senate, as the gentleman knows. That would be our 
intention, to have as much information available to Members as we have 
in hand. We do intend to move forward with the bill.
  Mr. SCALISE. The JCT is obviously important, and I appreciate that 
the gentleman said there would be a JCT score, but on the CBO score, 
there have been some significant changes made in the Rules Committee 
since those CBO conversations.
  Would that be revised to include the new version of the bill?
  Mr. HOYER. We are working on that. We hope the CBO can accommodate 
that objective.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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