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The article focuses on the parliamentary rights and practices of delegates and the resident commissioner representing American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 113th to the 117th Congresses. Topics include their inability to vote in the House or preside over it, their permitted parliamentary powers in committees and the Committee of the Whole, and their roles in introducing legislation, offering amendments. |