[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13807]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    MAKING IN ORDER AT ANY TIME CONSIDERATION OF H. CON. RES. 190, 
    ESTABLISHING JOINT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW HOUSE AND SENATE MATTERS 
ASSURING CONTINUING REPRESENTATION AND CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS FOR THE 
                            AMERICAN PEOPLE

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it shall be in 
order at any time without intervention of any point of order to 
consider House Concurrent Resolution 190;
  The concurrent resolution shall be considered as read for amendment;
  The concurrent resolution shall be debatable for one hour equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Rules; and
  The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
concurrent resolution to final adoption without intervening motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bishop of Utah). Is there objection to 
the request of the gentleman from California?
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, maybe a 
little explanation about what we are doing would help.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. McDERMOTT. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding.
  We have, I am very happy to say, in the Committee on Rules worked 
with the minority to put into place an agreement where, under unanimous 
consent, we will establish a joint committee that will be addressing 
the issue of the continuity of Congress. We are going to be tomorrow 
working on this with the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Frost), and this 
request will simply allow us to bring this measure up.
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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