Now that the House has voted to refer my privileged resolution to committee, can the Chair inform Members of the status of the Thompson of Mississippi resolution referred to the House Administration Committee, the same committee that we…

Parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Collins of New York). The gentlewoman will state her parliamentary inquiry.

I will stay where we are until the gentleman rules. Mr. Speaker, I ask for a recorded vote. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman asking for a recorded vote on ordering the previous question?

I thought the motion was to refer it to committee. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has not yet put that question. The question is on ordering the previous question.

I ask for a recorded vote. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman asking for a recorded vote on ordering the previous question?

Yes. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the motion to refer. The vote was taken…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I commend him for being a champion on human rights throughout the world. I am pleased to associate myself with the remarks of Chairman Smith, and I thank him for his courageous, long-term dedication…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I commend him for his tremendous, relentless, persistent leadership on behalf of America's workers. They have no better friend than you, Mr. Levin, and your pursuit of bigger paychecks for American…

It is with great personal sadness that I rise today to pay my final tribute to San Francisco's much beloved LeRoy King, who died on June 12 at the age of 91. A distinguished labor and civil rights African American leader, King's passion…

Today, we have a very important decision to make in this Congress. I join with the Speaker in acknowledging the hard work that so many have put in on this important subject. I want to thank the President of the United States and his…

During rollcall vote No. 288 on H.R. 2578, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``nay'' when I should have voted ``aye.'' (By unanimous consent, Mr. McCarthy was allowed to speak out of order.) Legislative Program Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Chair, I…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank Mr. Thompson and the ranking member, Mr. Levin, and members of the committee for bringing clarity to this debate today. Mr. Speaker, Democrats have always believed that innovation is what keeps…