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On the recordJuly 11, 2013
Is it the ruling of the Chair that if in stating my request for unanimous consent I state a single reason, it is not charged to the time of the gentleman from Massachusetts; if I state several reasons in the same sentence because I've cited multiple reasons for requesting unanimous consent, that it is charged, assuming I do it dispassionately, quietly? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair does not respond to hypotheticals.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Jul 11, 2013

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