Howard Griffith: “The consumers who get hit the hardest are in fact the poor, the working poor, and the elderly?”

Let me be clear: I meant no offense and no criticism. As the gentleman from the other side of the aisle and from New Jersey knows, I love parliamentary procedure. One of the reasons that we have parliamentary procedures and rules of…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McGuire). The gentleman from Virginia has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 8 minutes remaining.

I believe the gentleman is referencing a Member by name, and I don't believe that is proper.

Point of parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Miller of Illinois). The gentleman from Virginia will state his parliamentary inquiry.