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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 144 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1998 No. 53 House of Representatives The House met at 2 p.m. and was Mr. HORN led the Pledge of Alle- bill to the Committee on Government called to order by the Speaker pro tem- giance as follows: Reform and Oversight. pore (Mr. PEASE). I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the f United States of America, and to the Repub- gentlewoman opposed to the Senate lic for which it stands, one nation under God, bill? DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ms. NORTON. Yes, Madam Speaker. PRO TEMPORE f The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Clerk will report the motion to com- fore the House the following commu- mit. A message from the Senate by Mr. nication from the Speaker: The Clerk read as follows: Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- WASHINGTON, DC, nounced that the Senate had passed a Ms. NORTON moves to commit the bill S. May 4, 1998. 1502 to the Committee on Government Re- bill of the following title, in which con- I hereby designate the Honorable EDWARD form and Oversight. currence of the House is requested: A. PEASE to act as Speaker pro tempore on The SPEAKER pro tempore. The mo- S. 1900. An act to establish a commission this day. tion is not debatable. NEWT GINGRICH, to examine issues pertaining to the disposi- Speaker of the House of Representatives. tion of Holocaust-era assets in the United Without objection, the previous ques- tion is ordered on the motion to com- f States before, during, and after World War II, and to make recommendations to the mit. PRAYER President on further action, and for other There was no objection. purposes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The Chaplain, Rev. James David f question is on the motion to commit. Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- The question was taken; and the er: ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Speaker pro tempore announced that As the morning brings light into a PRO TEMPORE the noes appeared to have it. dark world, so may your gifts of love, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The RECORDED VOTE O God, bring light and blessing to all Chair desires to announce that pursu- people. With the frustrations that ant to clause 4 of rule I, the Speaker Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I de- mark anyone's day we are grateful that signed the following enrolled bill on mand a recorded vote. you illumine our days and comfort our Thursday, April 30, 1998: A recorded vote was ordered. souls. Whether we are living on the H.R. 3579, making emergency supple- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- mountain top of joyful experience or mental appropriations for the fiscal ant to the provisions of clause 5 of rule walking through the valley of the shad- year ending September 30, 1998, and for XV, the Chair announces that she will ow of death, we know your presence other purposes. reduce to a minimum of 5 minutes the period of time within which a vote by can lead us and give us peace. In your f name we pray. Amen. electronic device, if ordered, will be CORRECTION TO THE CONGRES- taken on the question of passage of the f SIONAL RECORD OF THURSDAY, Senate bill. THE JOURNAL APRIL 30, 1998, PAGES H2669, H2670 The vote was taken by electronic de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The AND H2671, RECORDED VOTE vice, and there wereÐayes 198, noes 224, Chair has examined the Journal of the NUMBERED 118, MOTION TO COM- not voting 11, as follows: last day's proceedings and announces MIT OFFERED BY MS. NORTON; [Roll No. 118] to the House his approval thereof. AND RECORDED VOTE NUM- AYESÐ198 BERED 119, PASSAGE OF THE Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Abercrombie Berry Brown (OH) nal stands approved. BILL S. 1502, THE DISTRICT OF Ackerman Bishop Capps COLUMBIA STUDENT OPPOR- Allen Blagojevich Cardin f TUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ACT OF Andrews Blumenauer Carson Baesler Bonior Clay PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1997 Baldacci Borski Clayton Barcia Boswell Clement The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the Barrett (WI) Boucher Clyburn gentleman from California (Mr. HORN) MOTION TO COMMIT OFFERED BY MS. NORTON Becerra Boyd Condit come forward and lead the House in the Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I Bentsen Brown (CA) Conyers Pledge of Allegiance. offer a motion to commit the Senate Berman Brown (FL) Costello b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H2739 H2740 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE May 4, 1998 Coyne Kildee Pomeroy Lazio Petri Skeen Condit Hunter Radanovich Cramer Kilpatrick Poshard Leach Pickering Smith (NJ) Cook Hyde Redmond Cummings Kind (WI) Price (NC) Lewis (CA) Pickett Smith (OR) Cooksey Inglis Regula Danner Kleczka Rahall Lewis (KY) Pitts Smith (TX) Cox Istook Riggs Davis (FL) Klink Ramstad Linder Pombo Smith, Linda Crane Jenkins Riley Davis (IL) Kucinich Rangel Livingston Porter Snowbarger Cubin Johnson, Sam Rogan DeFazio LaFalce Reyes LoBiondo Portman Solomon Cunningham Jones Rogers DeGette Lampson Rivers Lucas Pryce (OH) Souder Davis (VA) Kasich Rohrabacher Delahunt Lantos Rodriguez Manzullo Quinn Spence Deal Kelly Ros-Lehtinen DeLauro Lee Roemer McCollum Radanovich Stearns DeLay Kim Royce Deutsch Levin Rothman McCrery Redmond Stump Diaz-Balart King (NY) Ryun Dicks Lewis (GA) Roybal-Allard McDade Regula Sununu Dickey Kingston Salmon Dingell Lipinski Rush McInnis Riggs Talent Doolittle Klug Sanford Doggett Lofgren Sabo McIntosh Riley Tauzin Dreier Knollenberg Saxton Dooley Lowey Sanchez McKeon Rogan Taylor (MS) Duncan Kolbe Scarborough Doyle Luther Sanders Metcalf Rogers Taylor (NC) Dunn LaHood Schaefer, Dan Edwards Maloney (CT) Sawyer Mica Rohrabacher Thomas Ehlers Largent Schaffer, Bob Engel Maloney (NY) Schumer Miller (FL) Ros-Lehtinen Thornberry Ehrlich Latham Sensenbrenner Eshoo Manton Scott Moran (KS) Roukema Thune Emerson LaTourette Sessions Etheridge Markey Serrano Moran (VA) Royce Tiahrt Ensign Lazio Shadegg Evans Martinez Sherman Myrick Ryun Upton Everett Lewis (CA) Shaw Farr Mascara Sisisky Nethercutt Salmon Walsh Ewing Lewis (KY) Shays Fattah Matsui Skaggs Neumann Sanford Wamp Foley Linder Shimkus Fazio McCarthy (MO) Skelton Ney Saxton Watkins Forbes Lipinski Shuster Filner McCarthy (NY) Slaughter Northup Scarborough Watts (OK) Fossella Livingston Skeen Ford McDermott Smith, Adam Norwood Schaefer, Dan Weldon (FL) Fowler Lucas Smith (NJ) Frank (MA) McGovern Snyder Nussle Schaffer, Bob Weldon (PA) Fox Manzullo Smith (OR) Frost McHale Spratt Oxley Sensenbrenner Weller Franks (NJ) McCollum Smith (TX) Furse McIntyre Stabenow Packard Sessions White Frelinghuysen McCrery Smith, Linda Gejdenson McKinney Stark Pappas Shadegg Whitfield Gallegly McDade Snowbarger Gephardt McNulty Stenholm Paul Shaw Wicker Ganske McInnis Solomon Gordon Meehan Stokes Paxon Shays Wolf Gekas McIntosh Souder Green Meeks (NY) Strickland Pease Shimkus Young (FL) Gibbons McKeon Spence Gutierrez Menendez Stupak Peterson (PA) Shuster Gilchrest Metcalf Stearns Hall (OH) Millender- Tanner Gillmor Mica Stump Hamilton McDonald Tauscher NOT VOTINGÐ11 Gilman Miller (FL) Sununu Harman Miller (CA) Thompson Bateman Kennelly Sandlin Gingrich Moran (KS) Talent Hastings (FL) Minge Thurman Bunning McHugh Smith (MI) Goode Moran (VA) Tauzin Hefner Mink Tierney Dixon Meek (FL) Young (AK) Goodlatte Myrick Taylor (MS) Hilliard Moakley Torres Gonzalez Parker Goodling Nethercutt Taylor (NC) Hinchey Mollohan Towns Goss Neumann Thomas Hinojosa Morella Traficant Graham Ney Thornberry Holden Murtha Turner b 1453 Granger Northup Thune Hooley Nadler Velazquez The Clerk announced the following Greenwood Norwood Tiahrt Hoyer Neal Vento Gutknecht Nussle Upton Jackson (IL) Oberstar Visclosky pairs: Hansen Oxley Walsh Jackson-Lee Obey Waters On this vote: Hastert Packard Wamp Watt (NC) Hastings (WA) Pappas Watkins (TX) Olver Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut for, with Mr. Jefferson Ortiz Waxman Hayworth Paxon Watts (OK) John Owens Wexler Young of Arkansas against. Hefley Pease Weldon (FL) Johnson (WI) Pallone Weygand Mrs. Meek of Florida for, with Mr. Smith Herger Peterson (PA) Weldon (PA) Johnson, E. B. Pascrell Wise of Michigan against. Hill Petri Weller Kanjorski Pastor Woolsey Mrs. CHENOWETH changed her vote Hilleary Pickering White Kaptur Payne Wynn Hobson Pitts Whitfield Kennedy (MA) Pelosi Yates from ``aye'' to ``no.'' Hoekstra Pombo Wicker Kennedy (RI) Peterson (MN) Mr. VENTO and Mr. ANDREWS Horn Porter Wolf changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.'' Hostettler Portman Young (FL) NOESÐ224 Houghton Pryce (OH) So the motion to commit was re- Hulshof Quinn Aderholt Cooksey Goss jected. Archer Cox Graham NOESÐ206 Armey Crane The result of the vote was announced Granger Abercrombie DeFazio Holden Bachus Crapo as above recorded. Greenwood Ackerman DeGette Hooley Baker Cubin Gutknecht The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Allen Delahunt Hoyer Ballenger Cunningham Hall (TX) EMERSON). The question is on the pas- Andrews DeLauro Hutchinson Barr Davis (VA) Hansen Baesler Deutsch Jackson (IL) Barrett (NE) Deal sage of the Senate bill. Hastert Baldacci Dicks Jackson-Lee Bartlett DeLay Hastings (WA) The question was taken; and the Barcia Dingell (TX) Barton Diaz-Balart Hayworth Speaker pro tempore announced that Barrett (WI) Doggett Jefferson Bass Dickey Hefley Becerra Dooley John Bereuter Doolittle the ayes appeared to have it. Herger Bentsen Doyle Johnson (CT) Bilbray Dreier RECORDED VOTE Hill Berman Edwards Johnson (WI) Bilirakis Duncan Hilleary Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I de- Berry Engel Johnson, E. B. Bliley Dunn Hobson Bishop English Kanjorski Blunt Ehlers mand a recorded vote. Hoekstra Blagojevich Eshoo Kaptur Boehlert Ehrlich Horn A recorded vote was ordered. Blumenauer Etheridge Kennedy (MA) Boehner Emerson Hostettler The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Boehlert Evans Kennedy (RI) Bonilla English Houghton Bonior Farr Kildee Bono Ensign will be a 5-minute vote.
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