[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25937]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                              WHO IS HERE?

  (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to share with the gentleman 
from Indiana (Mr. Burton) that he better not start labeling people who 
are not on the floor. I am too civil to get involved in the so-called 
Republican leaders that are not with us this evening, and so I will not 
engage in that.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. RANGEL. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I think they are here. Would you like for us 
to go get them for you?
  Mr. RANGEL. I do not know whether I saw the gentleman from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Watts) here. Did you see him here today? Because he did not vote.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. His father just died. That may not count. I do 
not know.
  Mr. RANGEL. Is my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lazio), 
here?
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Is he in leadership?
  Mr. RANGEL. I thought he was part of the whip organization.

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