What, if you know, perhaps the chairman of the Committee on Rules knows, do you contemplate an open rule such as the rule we had on the floor today? ... we would hope that a rule would be fashioned to give every Member of the House the greatest opportunity to express himself on a very important and complicated piece of legislation like the energy bill.
Discussing the need for an open rule for the energy bill during House floor debate.
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