Revise and Extend

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Revise and Extend	Asking to Revise and Extend allows a member to add to or edit his/her floor remarks in the Congressional Record. Making changes to the words actually spoken on the floor requires the consent of the entire House. Revisions are limited to those that make technical or grammatical corrections. Extensions are usually the text of articles, letters, or reports to accompany the floor statement.	House

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Asking to Revise and Extend allows a member to add to or edit his/her floor remarks in the Congressional Record.

Making changes to the words actually spoken on the floor requires the consent of the entire House.

Revisions are limited to those that make technical or grammatical corrections.

Extensions are usually the text of articles, letters, or reports to accompany the floor statement.

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