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Does the person offering this motion represent to this body that they are in favor of this motion in order to qualify? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman qualified by stating her opposition to the bill.

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

For how long? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion does not put a time limit on the committee to consider the bill. {time} 1615

So passing this motion to recommit would send this bill back to committee? The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is correct.

If this is not dilatory, what is the effect of passing this motion to recommit? I so often hear the preface, ``This doesn't send it back to committee; it doesn't kill the bill.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. If adopted, the motion would…

Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Texas yield to the gentleman from South Carolina?

We have heard a lot of talk so far today about the Bank, about what the Bank does. We have heard a lot of talk about small business, a lot of talk about the Bank leveling the playing field, a lot of talk about the Bank being that lender of…

I have an amendment at the desk. I would simply like to ask what rule the Chair is relying on in denying me the ability to bring that amendment now. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Clause 4 of rule XVI. The question is on ordering the previous…

Was that seconded? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The previous question does not require a second.

Parliamentary inquiry. Who moved the previous question? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Tennessee.

No, it hasn't. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is about to put the question on ordering the previous question on the resolution.

I have an amendment at the desk. I would like to have it heard now. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The previous question has already been moved.

A few minutes ago, in reference to a question raised by the gentleman from Texas, you indicated that the amendments would be in order if the motion for the previous question failed. My question is: Are motions to amend in order before the…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. I want to pick up on where my friend from Arizona left off regarding the comments about my good friend and colleague from Washington regarding regular order. It is not regular order. If we have regular…

Would the decision have been different if we had not made 1-minute speeches? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair cannot respond to a hypothetical question. The Clerk will report the title of the resolution. The Clerk read the title of the…

You did not address, then, my issue on receiving a message from the Senate or approving the Journal. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has entertained numerous parliamentary inquiries on a matter on which the Chair has already ruled.

I'm sorry, and Mr. Speaker, when you were giving your decision before, I was reading the rule. Would you please restate the basis for your decision. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair has entertained 1-minute speeches on previous discharge…

Further point, Mr. Speaker. The only way that it is privileged is that if it was brought up immediately after the pledge. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is also following prior practice of the House in entertaining the motion.

If 2(d)(1) says that it shall be in order if brought up at this particular time but the Chair is ruling that it may be in order at other times, what rule is the Chair relying on for that determination? The SPEAKER pro tempore. There is…

Does the language of section 2(d)(1) not specifically say ``shall be privileged if called up''? It is not ``may.'' It is ``shall . . . if. . . . '' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The rule is not so limited. The motion would be in order if it…

The rule is very explicit. The rule does not say that we may not take--the rule says that we must proceed immediately. I recognize the fact that on occasion 1-minute speeches are not considered business of the House, that receiving…

While you are continuing, I would like you to consider one thing. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may proceed.

I would point out, Mr. Speaker, that we took up 1- minute speeches; we received a message from the Senate; and you, yourself, approved the Journal. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point of order?

As the House prepares next week to take up a discussion about Planned Parenthood, I want to speak very briefly to what the debate is not about. It is not about women's health. The proposal that many of us are making to this House is that…