[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4958]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it.
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Ways and Means, the 
Subcommittee on Human Resources, is meeting at this time rewriting the 
welfare bill, the TANF bill. Is there any rule under which it is 
possible for us to suspend here on the floor so that we can go back to 
the committee and work on that? Members of the Committee on Ways and 
Means are presently supposed to be in two places at once. I am asking 
whether there is provision under the rules.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would advise the gentleman that 
there is no House prohibition on committees meeting while the House is 
considering H.R. 586. Therefore, the committees are able to meet.

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