Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to refute some of the things, or talk about some of the things said by my friends on the other side. One of the things that I do want to talk about is that Mr. Raskin said that my amendment is such a narrow exception for domestic violence victims. I had a broader one in Judiciary Committee, if the gentleman remembers, and Chairman Nadler told me that it was too broad, that it was too vague, so that is why I made it very specific. If the gentleman would like, I will make it broad again. {time} 1415 Also in the Rules Committee, there was another amendment as well, and we are both on Rules, too, of course. There was a broader one from Mr. Scalise, who is a victim of gun violence. He had an amendment that was ruled out of order. That basically said any victim of domestic violence, which was broad, but then he had another subsection that said victim of domestic violence or sexual abuse that has an order of protection. So we covered both, yet it was ruled out of order. So we really tried. Now, the other thing that you brought up, that it is very clear what imminent danger means, and that would cover somebody, and surely a domestic violence victim would not become a criminal under this law. Well, I don't think it is very sure. So I ask Mr.…”