[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I ask for this time to inquire about next 
week's schedule, and I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss).
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.
  I am very pleased to announce that the House has completed its 
legislative business for the week. The House will not be in session 
tomorrow.
  The House will meet next week for legislative business on Tuesday, 
October 17, at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour, and at 12 noon 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 Wednesday, October 18, and the balance of the week the House will 
consider the following measures: H.R. 4635, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act conference 
report; H.R. 4577, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education appropriations conference report; and H.R. 4942, the 
District of Columbia appropriations conference report.
  Mr. Speaker, the House will also consider any other conference 
reports that may become available throughout the week.
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I have several questions, if I may, to the 
gentleman from Florida.
  The first question is, does the gentleman expect any other business 
on Tuesday besides suspension bills?
  Mr. GOSS. If the gentleman will continue to yield, Mr. Speaker, on 
Tuesday there is possibly a motion to go to conference on the VA-HUD 
bill. That is a possibility.
  Mr. FROST. Another question. The gentleman has said on Wednesday and 
the balance of the week, and the gentleman listed several bills. Could 
the gentleman be more specific as to what day the gentleman expects the 
Labor-HHS appropriations to be on the floor?
  Mr. GOSS. It is clear that we can say the conferees are working hard. 
We hope to know sooner rather than later exactly which bills are going 
to come up on which days, but I do not think I can give any specific 
certainty on that. I would not want to preclude the hard work that is 
going on.
  Mr. FROST. The final question, which is, of course, the $64,000 
question, on which day does the gentleman expect us to adjourn for the 
year?
  Mr. GOSS. If the gentleman will continue to yield, I think the 
gentleman undervalues the question.
  Mr. FROST. A little inflation.
  Mr. GOSS. I am sorry to say that I do not have the answer to that 
question.
  Mr. FROST. I thank the gentleman very much.

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