In the case of the two committees on which I served, it was less than ten minutes. In one case, it was five minutes, and in the other, seven minutes. I think that's quite a bit of time, especially for a first round of questions. When each party is given ten minutes for the first round, 40 minutes elapse before we can move on to another topic, not to mention the 10 minutes allocated for the presentation. That means we're left with one hour. Would committee members agree to seven minutes or five minutes for the first round of questions?
On May 3rd, 2006. See this statement in context.