Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to conduct a hearing entitled ``Drought, Fire and Freeze: The Economics of Disasters for America's Agricultural Producers,''…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 14, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Wall Street Reform…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 14, 2013, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 14, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 406 of the Dirksen Senate office building. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 14, 2013, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on…

The gentleman from Minnesota yielded to me. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized.

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman yield back his time?

Another thing that's important for Americans to understand about how 11 million people got here without paperwork and how this continues to occur is that more than half of the population that lives and works here illegally didn't sneak…

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, it's common sense to most Americans. We have upwards of 10, 12, 14 million people here illegally in this country. Many of them are members of our communities, many of their kids are…

The way to divide them is precisely the Bera-Connolly amendment that was brought to our committee yesterday. On a functional level that does divide it.

Excellent. Well, I hope that no one objects. Again, but for three votes cast in the Rules Committee by a 7-4 vote, and but for one solitary objection out of 435 Members of this House of Representatives, we would have divided the question…

I would like to make an inquiry as to how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado has 3\1/4\ minutes remaining, and 10 minutes may be claimed by an opponent.

I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran).

Thank you, Madam Speaker. If we have additional time later, I will yield to the gentleman from Georgia. Again, there was one objection, one objection in this entire body, to what I believe would be the overwhelming will of this body, which…

What is the process that a Member can use to demand a division of the question on a bill? The SPEAKER pro tempore. If a matter is divisible, any Member may demand that the matter be divided.

I thank the Speaker, and I understand that it sounds like sitting here in the Chamber one Member objected to a division of the question. I would like to point out that over 400 Members did not object to the division of the question. I will…

Having heard from the Chair that a motion can be made by any Member to divide the question, I would like to ask unanimous consent to demand a division of the question on today's bill before us. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Further parliamentary inquiry. Does the rule being considered today prohibit a Member from demanding a division of the question? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not interpret the content of the pending measure.