[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3702]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to inquire about next week's schedule.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HOYER. I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey), the 
distinguished majority leader, for the purposes of apprising us of the 
schedule for next week.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I did not get the gentleman from Maryland's comment. I 
missed it.
  Mr. HOYER. I said I would yield to the distinguished gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Armey), the majority leader, for the purposes of informing 
Members about the schedule.
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman from Maryland for yielding. I 
thought I had heard the gentleman say ``distinguished.'' I just wanted 
to hear him say it again. I thank the gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the House has completed 
its legislative business for the week.
  The House will next meet for legislative business on Tuesday, March 
20, at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and 2 o'clock p.m. 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 Tuesday, no recorded votes are expected before 6 o'clock p.m.
  On Wednesday, March 21, and Thursday, March 22, the House will meet 
at 10 o'clock a.m. for legislative business.
  The House will consider the following measures:
  H.R. 802, the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act;
  H.R. 247, the Tornado Shelters Act.
  Mr. Speaker, we are working with several committees at this time that 
may have further business ready for consideration on the floor next 
week. My office will advise the Democratic leadership and the House as 
soon as further floor business is ready to be announced this afternoon 
and tomorrow.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for that information.
  Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Texas, the majority leader, indicates 
that there are some possibilities of discussions with some of the 
committees resulting in bills being reported to the floor.
  Would the gentleman be able to inform us as to what those 
possibilities are, realizing they may or may not come to the floor? Do 
we know what the possible bills that might come to the floor would be?
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, let me thank the gentleman for his inquiry.
  I am working with a lot of committees. Quite frankly, at this point, 
I cannot tell the gentleman what they might be. I do not see anything 
that would be controversial in the mix of things that might be 
available, but we certainly will advise the Members and the leadership 
as soon as we can find something, whatever it is.
  Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman, particularly for his observation 
that if something came that we did not hear about today, the 
probability is it would not be controversial.
  Mr. ARMEY. I would expect nothing controversial.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, when does the leader expect the next tax bill 
to come to the floor? Do we have any information on that?
  Mr. ARMEY. Again, I want to thank the gentleman for his inquiry.
  I just spoke with the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. He 
is working out a few details for an announcement he expects to make 
this afternoon. It will be a very public announcement.
  I believe it will serve the interests of the body best for us to wait 
for the chairman to make that announcement, rather than for me to 
speculate at this time.
  Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman for that response.
  Would I be correct, however, in concluding from the gentleman's 
remarks that there would not be anything controversial coming to the 
floor next week?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will continue to yield, I would expect 
nothing from the Committee on Ways and Means, certainly not a major tax 
bill. Perhaps they may have something that would be noncontroversial. 
That basic characterization of noncontroversial I would apply to 
anything that we should expect on the floor next week.
  Mr. HOYER. I thank the leader for his information.

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