John Conyers: “did I understand you to tell the leader of the Rules Committee managing the bill today that time would be taken from him…”

“did I understand you to tell the leader of the Rules Committee managing the bill today that time would be taken from him because of the unanimous consent request? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair advised on that earlier, and will amplify the earlier statement. As indicated by previous occupants of the Chair on March 24, 2004; November 21, 2003; July 24, 2003; June 26, 2003; June 22, 2002; and March 24, 1995, although a unanimous consent request to insert remarks in debate may embody a simple declarative statement of the Member's attitude toward the pending measure, it is improper for a Member to embellish such a request with other oratory, and it can become an imposition on the time of the Member who has yielded for that purpose.”