I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the first time on the floor of the United States House of Representatives to make a case for a very important piece of legislation, namely H.R. 2, the health care repeal…

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The Ninth Amendment: ``The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.''

I thank you. And I very much appreciate your leadership in bringing this to our attention today.

I ask unanimous consent to ask the gentleman to yield for a question. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia is not recognized for debate. This is not a debate.

I will wait till Mr. Goodlatte is recognized, and I will ask him to yield so we can have clarity of this. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for the reading of the Constitution, not for debate.

If I may ask unanimous consent to ask Mr. Goodlatte to yield for just a question so we all understand the reading. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Washington have a parliamentary inquiry?

Yes. My parliamentary inquiry is, may I ask the gentleman to yield for 30 seconds to ask a question of the derivation of this language that we will all be reading in good faith and in good spirits today? The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is…