Ike Skelton

Mr. SKELTON

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous materials in the Record on the bill, H.R. 2956.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to my friend and colleague, the gentlelady from New Hampshire (Ms. Shea-Porter), a member of the Armed Services Committee.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to my friend, my colleague, the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Boswell).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, at this time I yield 1 minute to my colleague, my friend, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee, my friend, my colleague, the gentlelady from California (Mrs. Tauscher).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to my colleague and friend, the gentlewoman from California, member of the Armed Services Committee (Ms. Loretta Sanchez).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to my colleague and friend from the leadership, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to my colleague, a member of the Armed Services Committee, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Texas, Eddie Bernice Johnson.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), a friend and colleague.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I have just received the motion just a few moments ago, and I reserve a point of order against the motion now pending.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, let me make the official point of order, if I may.

Mr. SKELTON. I do insist on it as of this moment, Mr. Speaker. Parliamentary Inquiry

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I raise the point of order that the motion to recommit that was just handed to me moments ago, a motion to recommit with instructions, relates to electronic surveillance and is not germane to the bill in front of us, which deals with Iraq, and I claim the point of order that it is not germane and should be stricken.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker.

Mr. SKELTON. The gentlelady is not addressing the point of order. She's giving a closing argument. I urge the Chair to rule that she must confine her remarks to the point of order that I have raised.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker.

Mr. SKELTON. I urge the Speaker to have the lady confine her remarks to the point of order that is pending before the House.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker.

Mr. SKELTON. I, again, urge the Chair to request the gentlelady to address the point of order, that this is not germane to the bill regarding Iraq that is before us.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully request a ruling on my point of order on the motion to recommit.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the motion.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to our distinguished leader, the gentleman from Maryland, my friend and colleague (Mr. Hoyer).