Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my amendment No. 3430 be modified with the changes at the desk. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: Strike title III…

I'm honored to be here. I think some might remember in this body that for the last about year, year and a half, I've been getting up here and talking about the rule of law and how the basic foundation of American society is based upon a…

Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 8 o'clock and 32 minutes p.m.), the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at 10 a.m. ____________________

I'm sorry? I didn't understand you. Would you mind repeating that. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The rule includes the phrase ``and so on,'' as the gentleman from Texas previously read, and he has just reached the conclusion that the rule is…

Further parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his further inquiry.

So the answer is yes? We do need a vote or we do not need a vote? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House may elect a chair. At this point the gentleman from Michigan is acting as chair.

Under House rules, what is the current rank order of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) on the Committee on Ways and Means? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The rank is determined by his placement in that resolution to which the gentleman…

Under House rules and House Resolution 24, is the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) still a member of the Committee on Ways and Means? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Yes.

Yesterday I asked a parliamentary inquiry regarding the effect of a letter from Mr. Rangel to the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, regarding his resignation as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, to wit, the Speaker pro tempore…

Madam Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his inquiry.

Further parliamentary inquiry. I believe X(5)(c) says that the next one in order shall act as the acting chair. If Mr. Rangel by at least the declaration of someone on this House floor is number one, wouldn't he be the chair again under…

Further parliamentary inquiry. What is his placement in that ranking that I just described? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may consult that resolution to discover the answer to that question.

It is my understanding that Mr. Rangel stands as number one by the nature of that resolution. Could I get a clarification on that by the Chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair does not have that resolution before her, but the House has…

Further parliamentary inquiry. Under House rule X, clause 5(c) which states, ``In the absence of the member serving as chair, the member next in rank (and so on, as often as the case shall happen) shall act as chair,'' under House…

Further parliamentary inquiry. Under House Resolution 8, Mr. Rangel was elected chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. Under House rule X, clause 5, the Chair has indicated that Mr. Levin is acting chairman of the Committee on Ways…

If I may further inquire, so the words ``and so on'' means that you don't go back to the original order, you just go to whoever was behind him at the time the first vacation took place of the chair? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The devolution…

Mr. President, I was unavoidably detained during rollcall vote No. 36 on the motion, motion to waive section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, re: Sanders amendment No. 3353 as modified; rollcall No. 37 on the motion to table…

Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate the Peace Corps on the occasion of its 49th anniversary. Since the Peace Corps' inception in 1961, nearly 200,000 Americans have volunteered to live and work in developing countries around the…