Denny Hastert

Mr. HASTERT

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 2. p.m. on Monday next.

Mr. HASTERT

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the business in order under the Calendar Wednesday rule be dispensed with on Wednesday next.

Mr. HASTERT

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns on Monday, March 18, 1996, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, 1996, for morning hour debates.

Mr. HASTERT

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the House has finished all legislative business for the week. The House will next meet on Monday, March 18, at 2 p.m. in a pro forma session. There will be no recorded votes on Monday. On Tuesday, March 19, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and 2 p.m. for legislative business. Members should be advised that there will not be any recorded votes before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday we will consider five bills under suspension of the rules: H.R. 2937, reimbursement of former White House Travel Office employees; House Concurrent Resolution 148, expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to the military stability of the Taiwan Straits; H.R. 2739, the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Correction Act; and two House Oversight resolutions adopting congressional accountability regulations. After consideration of the suspensions and for the balance of the week, the House will consider H.R. 2202, the Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995. Mr. Speaker, I expect toward the latter half of next week the House will also consider an omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 1996. The House should finish business and have Members on their way home to their families by 2 p.m. on Friday, March 22.

Mr. HASTERT

Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 48, I was unavoidably detained in committee. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

Mr. HASTERT

Mr. HASTERT. That, plus we passed a piece of legislation that dealt with Social Security that said we could deal with it later than March 1.

Mr. HASTERT. We are proposing to do a continuing resolution or an omnibus appropriation next week.

Mr. HASTERT. That is our assumption.

Mr. HASTERT. We are in negotiations with the White House, staff to staff, and intend that that will be on a higher level when those negotiations are finished. I think that result will show in the bill.

Mr. HASTERT. They just filed the rule, sir, and it is an open rule.

Mr. HASTERT. Yes.

Mr. HASTERT. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to announce that this vote marks the end of legislative business for the week. When we return next week, the House will meet in pro forma session on Monday, March 4. Please be advised that there will be no legislative business and no votes that day. On Tuesday, March 5, the House will meet at 9:30 a.m. for morning hour and 11 a.m. for legislative business. We plan to take up three bills under suspension of the rules: H.R. 2778, a bill to give special tax treatment to United States troops in Bosnia; H.R. 2853, a bill to extend most-favored-nation status to Bulgaria; and H.R. 497, the National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act. Members should be advised that we do expect recorded votes sometime around 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. For the remainder of the week, we expect to consider the following bills, all of which will be subject to rules: H.R. 994, the Small Business Growth and Administrative Accountability Act; the conference report for H.R. 927, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act; a bill to Increase temporarily the public debt; an omnibus appropriations or continuing resolution for fiscal year 1996; and it is possible that we may consider a resolution allowing staff depositions in the investigation of the White House Travel Office. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we hope to conclude legislative business between 7 and 8 p.m. And we should have Members on their way back home to their districts by 2 p.m. on Friday, March 8.

Mr. HASTERT. If the gentleman will further yield, the assumption here is that the votes could come as early as 1 on Tuesday.

Mr. HASTERT. We will take it under advisement to roll those votes. Still even rolling those votes it may be 2.

Mr. HASTERT. I can tell the gentleman from California that we will roll those votes, but we cannot guarantee that they will go much beyond 2.

Mr. HASTERT. We will go to the regulatory reform bill.

Mr. HASTERT. We will probably do the rule for the regulatory reform and then possibly get into the bill itself.

Mr. HASTERT. The name of the bill is H.R. 994, the Small Business Growth and Administrative Accountability Act.

Mr. HASTERT. It will be 1-minutes.

Mr. HASTERT. The gentleman is correct.

Mr. HASTERT. If the gentleman will yield further, at this time that is our assumption.

Mr. HASTERT. And amendments.

Mr. HASTERT. That is right.

Mr. HASTERT. The Committee on Rules will be meeting this afternoon, and we will have the rule out later this afternoon.

Mr. HASTERT. We expect it to be an open rule, yes.