[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H657]
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                         PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm) will 
state his parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. STENHOLM. If we all understand, both sides of the aisle, the 
procedures of the day in which it was announced there would be 
unlimited one minutes, under what procedure is this able to be changed?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair announced earlier that there would 
initially be ten Members per side recognized. Precedents under clause 2 
of rule XVII commit that matter of recognition entirely to the 
discretion of the Chair. Again, the Chair tried to exercise some 
flexibility in light of the miscommunication.

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