[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19502]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TO INQUIRE 
  WHETHER THE HOUSE SHOULD IMPEACH G. THOMAS PORTEOUS, A JUDGE OF THE 
   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Rules be discharged from further consideration of House 
Resolution 1448 and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Johnson of Georgia). Is there objection 
to the request of the gentlewoman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 1448

       Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary shall inquire 
     whether the House should impeach G. Thomas Porteous, a judge 
     of the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
     of Louisiana.
       Sec. 2.  The Committee on the Judiciary or any subcommittee 
     or task force designated by the Committee may, in connection 
     with the inquiry under this resolution, take affidavits and 
     depositions by a member, counsel, or consultant of the 
     Committee, pursuant to notice or subpoena.
       Sec. 3.  There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts 
     of the House such sums as may be necessary to assist the 
     Committee on the Judiciary in conducting the inquiry under 
     this resolution, any of which may be used for the procurement 
     of staff or consultant services.
       Sec. 4. (a) For the purpose of the inquiry under this 
     resolution, the Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 
     require by subpoena or otherwise--
       (1) the attendance and testimony of any person (including 
     at a taking of a deposition by counsel or consultant of the 
     Committee); and
       (2) the production of such things;
     as it deems necessary to such inquiry.
       (b) The Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, after 
     consultation with the Ranking Member, may exercise the 
     authority of the Committee under subsection (a).
       (c) The Committee on the Judiciary may adopt a rule 
     regulating the taking of depositions by a member, counsel, or 
     consultant of the Committee, including pursuant to subpoena.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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