[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair must ask all Members to bear in 
mind that the principle of heeding the gavel that sounds at the 
expiration of their time is one of the most essential ingredients of 
the decorum that properly dignifies the proceedings of the House.
  No Member should labor under a misapprehension that ignoring the 
gavel at the expiration of one's time can be a demonstration of civil 
disobedience. To the contrary, such a willful discourtesy is an act of 
stark incivility and has been the object of a formal call to order.
  The Chair enlists the understanding and cooperation of all the 
Members at this point.

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