John Joseph Moakley: “Mr. Speaker, despite what we heard at the microphone from my very dear friend, if one calls up the Speaker's line, you…”

“Mr. Speaker, despite what we heard at the microphone from my very dear friend, if one calls up the Speaker's line, you will get a summary. This bill is not in print anywhere except the copies that I have and the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon] has. It will not even be in the Congressional Record until tomorrow. We are talking about the bill itself. If the previous question is defeated, I will offer an amendment to the rule which would make certain that Members will have no less than 10 hours to read the bills before the House begins to consider them. I believe that is only fair for major bills such as these. Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the amendment to which I referred: At the end of the resolution add the following: ``Sec. 2. The waiver prescribed in the first section of this resolution shall not apply to a resolution providing for consideration of any measure unless the measure has been available to Members for at least 10 hours before the consideration of such resolution.''”