[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, 5-minute voting will continue.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, I reserve the right to object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McNulty). The gentleman from Georgia is 
recognized under his reservation.
  Mr. KINGSTON. I thank the gentleman for recognizing me.
  Reserving the right to object and I do possibly plan to object, 
because we are on the eve of passing the largest supplemental 
appropriations bill in the history of the United States House of 
Representatives. The history of supplemental bills actually goes back 
to the Second Congress, so it is not unusual to have a supplemental 
appropriation bill. It is just that over the years we have gotten, in 
recent years, out of the habit of offsetting these pieces of 
legislation.
  Now traditionally they have been used for a war or for a sudden 
disaster or for a health care crisis or something like that. But now we 
are on the verge of passing a large supplemental appropriation bill for 
things that aren't emergencies. This bill is not confined to 
emergencies.

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  I would say to my friends on the other side of the aisle that I 
strongly believe that one reason that we are in----
  Ms. CASTOR. Regular order, Mr. Speaker.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objection is heard.

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