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When permitted by the Speaker, Members seek unanimous consent to address the House for one minute on a topic of their choosing. These speeches generally come at the start of a legislative day, after the prayer, the Journal and the Pledge of Allegiance, and may also be allowed after legislative business ends and before special-order speeches. The Speaker decides whether to allow them and how many. They do not need to be reserved in advance. The chair alternates between the parties in the order Members seek recognition, and will not recognize a Member more than once per legislative day.
Special-order speeches generally follow the end of legislative business, in a period of up to four hours that may not run past 10 p.m., divided evenly between the parties. Members reserve time through their party leadership and are limited to one special-order speech a week. Each party may reserve its first hour for its leaders, and its second hour is divided into two 30-minute periods. A speech may last no more than one hour during a party's first hour and 30 minutes during its second, and those allocations cannot be extended by unanimous consent.
Members address the House for up to five minutes on topics of their choosing. Time is divided equally between the parties, with Members recognized from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders. After morning-hour concludes, the House recesses for at least 10 minutes before resuming legislative business. The prayer, approval of the Journal, and the Pledge of Allegiance are postponed until the House resumes its session.
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The Chair has examined the Journal of the proceedings of --, and announces to the House the approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule I, the Journal stands approved.