[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 29837]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE OF THE HOUSE

  (Mr. ABERCROMBIE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Speaker, as we know, we were originally 
scheduled to meet here on Friday last. Unfortunately, though requests 
were made to see whether we could meet perhaps on Monday or Tuesday, 
that was denied by the distinguished majority leader. We were not 
informed that we were not to come in on Friday until Thursday morning.
  I would just like to indicate to the distinguished majority leader 
and any other Members who might be interested in the Veterans Day 
ceremonies that took place out in Hawaii, I will be happy to forward 
newspaper accounts and television transcript excerpts to them if they 
want to be informed about them, inasmuch as that is the way that I had 
to find out about them myself.
  I wonder, Mr. Speaker, whether the majority would be prepared to tell 
us at this time whether or not we can anticipate leaving tomorrow or 
the next day or the next day, or any day thereafter.

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