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November 9, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE H 11989 Pelosi Scott Velazquez NOT VOTINGÐ11 structions only if offered by the minority Pomeroy Serrano Vento Chapman Peterson (FL) Thurman leader or his designee. During consideration Poshard Skaggs Visclosky Fields (LA) Sawyer Tucker of the bill, no question shall be subject to a Rahall Skelton Volkmer Gutknecht Shadegg Weldon (PA) demand for division of the question. Rangel Slaughter Ward Montgomery Thornton Reed Smith (NJ) Waters The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Richardson Spratt Watt (NC) b 1220 GOODLATTE). The gentleman from New Rivers Stark Waxman York [Mr. SOLOMON] is recognized for 1 Messrs. METCALF, LIGHTFOOT, Roemer Stokes Whitfield hour. Rose Studds Williams FRISA, KING, KOLBE, HOEKSTRA, Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, for the Roybal-Allard Stupak Wilson and BOEHNER changed their vote from Rush Tanner Wise purposes of debate only, I yield 30 min- ``yea'' to ``nay.'' utes to the distinguished gentleman Sabo Tejeda Woolsey Mr. GORDON changed his vote from Sanders Thompson Wyden from Ohio [Mr. HALL], pending which I Saxton Torkildsen Wynn ``nay'' to ``yea.'' yield myself such time as I may Schiff Torres Yates So the motion to instruct was not consume. Schroeder Torricelli agreed to. Schumer Towns During consideration of this resolu- The result of the vote was announced tion, all time yielded is for the purpose as above recorded. NAYSÐ231 of debate only. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given Allard Frisa Myrick objection, the Chair appoints the fol- Archer Funderburk Nethercutt permission to revise and extend his re- Armey Gallegly Neumann lowing conferees on H.R. 956: marks and to include extraneous mate- Bachus Ganske Ney From the Committee on the Judici- rial.) Baker (CA) Gekas Norwood ary, for consideration of the House Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, House Baker (LA) Geren Nussle Bill, and the Senate amendment, and Ballenger Gilchrest Oxley Resolution 258 is a modified closed rule Barr Gillmor Packard modifications committed to con- providing for the consideration in the Barrett (NE) Gilman Parker ference: Messrs. HYDE, SENSENBRENNER, House without intervening point of Bartlett Goodlatte Paxon GEKAS, INGLIS of South Carolina, BRY- order of the bill, H.R. 2586, providing Barton Goodling Payne (VA) ANT of Tennessee, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. for a temporary increase in the public Bass Goss Peterson (MN) CHROEDER ERMAN Bateman Graham Petri S , and Mr. B . debt limit. Bereuter Greenwood Pickett As additional conferees from the Mr. Speaker, the rule provides for 1 Bilbray Gunderson Pombo Committee on Commerce, for consider- hour of debate equally divided and con- Bilirakis Hall (TX) Porter ation of the House bill, and the Senate trolled by the chairman and ranking Bliley Hancock Portman amendment, and modifications com- Blute Hansen Pryce minority members of the Committee Boehlert Harman Quillen mitted to conference: Messrs. BLILEY, on Ways and Means. The rule provides Boehner Hastert Quinn OXLEY, COX of California, DINGELL, and for the adoption of the amendment re- Bonilla Hastings (WA) Radanovich WYDEN. ported by the Committee on Ways and Bono Hayworth Ramstad There was no objection. Means now printed in the bill together Brewster Hefley Regula Brownback Heineman Riggs f with four other amendments specified Bryant (TN) Herger Roberts in the Committee on Rules report. Bunn Hilleary Rogers PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Those amendments includeÐand Bunning Hobson Rohrabacher OF H.R. 2586, TEMPORARY IN- Members ought to listen up, if they are Burr Hoekstra Ros-Lehtinen CREASE IN THE STATUTORY back in their officesÐthe amendments Burton Hoke Roth DEBT LIMIT Buyer Horn Roukema include, one that I authored that com- Callahan Hostettler Royce Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, by di- mits the President of the United States Calvert Houghton Salmon rection of the Committee on Rules, I and this Congress to enact legislation Camp Hunter Sanford this year that will achieve a balanced Canady Hutchinson Scarborough call up House Resolution 258 and ask Castle Hyde Schaefer for its immediate consideration. budget no later than fiscal year 2002. Chabot Inglis Seastrand The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Moreover, my amendment affirms that Chambliss Johnson (CT) Sensenbrenner lows: the Congress will not, and this is im- Chenoweth Johnson, Sam Shaw ES portant, will not enact another in- Christensen Jones Shays H. R . 258 Chrysler Kasich Shuster Resolved, That upon the adoption of this crease in the public debt limit until the Clinger Kelly Sisisky resolution it shall be in order without inter- President has signed that balanced Coburn Kim Skeen vention of any point of order to consider in budget legislation into law. Collins (GA) King Smith (MI) the House the bill (H.R. 2586) to provide for The second amendment is one nearly Combest Kingston Smith (TX) a temporary increase in the public debt identical to the one that was contained Cooley Klug Smith (WA) limit, and for other purposes. The following in the short-term continuing appro- Cox Knollenberg Solomon amendments shall be considered as adopted: Crane Kolbe Souder priations resolution. It will permit Crapo LaHood Spence (1) the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed Medicare coverage of certain anti- Cremeans Largent Stearns cancer oral drug treatments for pros- Cubin Latham Stenholm in the bill; and (2) the amendments specified Cunningham LaTourette Stockman in the report of the Committee on Rules ac- tate and breast cancer. Davis Laughlin Stump companying this resolution. The previous The third amendment adopted by Deal Lazio Talent question shall be considered as ordered on this rule is a habeas corpus or death DeLay Leach Tate the bill, as amended, and any amendments penalty reform provision, taken from Dickey Lewis (CA) Tauzin thereto to final passage without intervening the Senate-passed anti-terrorism bill, a Doolittle Lewis (KY) Taylor (MS) motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the long overdue change in the now endless Dornan Lightfoot Taylor (NC) bill, as amended, which shall be equally di- Dreier Linder Thomas appeals system that is preventing the vided and controlled by the chairman and Duncan Livingston Thornberry execution of those who are convicted Dunn Longley Tiahrt ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means; (2) one motion to amend murderers. Edwards Lucas Traficant The fourth amendment, authored by Ehlers Manzullo Upton by the chairman of the Committee on Ways Ehrlich McCollum Vucanovich and Means or his designee, which shall be the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Emerson McCrery Waldholtz considered as read and shall be debatable for CHRYSLER] and developed by many Ensign McDade Walker twenty minutes equally divided and con- committees of this House, is legisla- Everett McHugh Walsh trolled by the proponent and an opponent; (3) tion to eliminate a major Cabinet de- Ewing McInnis Wamp one motion to amend by Representative Fawell McIntosh Watts (OK) partment, the Department of Com- Walker of Pennsylvania or his designee, merce, the first time that has happened Fields (TX) McKeon Weldon (FL) which shall be in order without intervention Flanagan Metcalf Weller in 40 years. Foley Meyers White of any point of order, shall be considered as read, and shall be debatable for forty min- Mr. Speaker, in addition to those Forbes Mica Wicker four amendments, the rule makes in Fowler Miller (FL) Wolf utes equally divided and controlled by the Fox Molinari Young (AK) proponent and an opponent; and (4) one mo- order consideration of a regulatory re- Franks (CT) Moorhead Young (FL) tion to recommit, which may include in- form amendment to be offered by the Franks (NJ) Morella Zeliff Frelinghuysen Myers Zimmer H 11990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE November 9, 1995 gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. jobs being eliminated and exported to House- and Senate-passed reconcili- WALKER]. That amendment, which is other countries, to ensure the revital- ation bills. Has the President stepped debatable for 40 minutes, is a com- ization of our economy based on bal- forward to show how he would balance promise between already passed House ancing the Federal budget. the budget in 7 years in any way dif- and Senate regulatory bills that are What could be more understandable ferent? No, he has not. I even wrote to aimed at bringing commonsense relief and essential than this basic linkage the President and to the President's to American businesses that are so sad- between the public debt and the need Director of the Office of Management to bring our Federal books into bal- dled with bureaucratic red tape and and Budget back when he was consider- ance? needless regulations. ing the budget resolution earlier this The rule also allows for the chairman Mr. Speaker, the President has made overtures in the direction in recent year inviting him, the President, to of the Committee on Ways and Means submit an alternative plan for bal- to offer a manager's amendment, if months at least in his rhetoric. Now is ancing the budget in 7 years. We wrote necessary, debatable for 20 minutes. It the time for him to make that rhetoric a rule, we put out all of the proposals, does not waive points of order against a reality by joining with us in commit- and all of them balanced the budget in the amendment, so it must be a ger- ting to balancing the budget within the mane modification or something al- next 7 years. My amendment in this 7 years, even from the other side of the ready in the bill or a motion to strike. bill, if signed into law, will determine aisle, but no budget was presented by Finally, Mr. Speaker, the rule allows whether the President really is serious this President to balance that budget. I for a motion to recommit which, if con- about balancing the budget.