[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 25738]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES

  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Sununu). The gentleman will state it.
  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, can the gentleman withdraw without 
unanimous consent?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman can withdraw the motion to 
instruct without unanimous consent.
  Mr. THOMAS. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, since the gentleman introduced his motion 
and then spoke on his motion without an opportunity for other Members 
of the House to address the question, which some people would believe 
did not reflect fair play, would it be appropriate, for example, for 
the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis) to ask unanimous consent to 
address the House for 5 minutes to provide some subject matter on the 
motion just withdrawn?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The general practice of the House would be 
to seek a unanimous consent agreement to speak out of order for 1 
minute.
  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to speak out of order 
for 1 minute.)

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