Bradley Byrne: “If I heard the gentleman correctly, he wants an open rule. Let me restate: we had no amendments offered at the committee…”

“If I heard the gentleman correctly, he wants an open rule. Let me restate: we had no amendments offered at the committee of jurisdiction and no amendments offered before the Rules Committee, so that would fly in the face of our desire here to have regular order. What he has proposed is not regular order. He is proposing chaos, and I don't think the American people want us to be in chaos around here. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from the great State of Illinois (Mr. Shimkus), a great conservative leader. (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)”