John Shadegg: “I rise in good faith to ask the President to join us in this effort, and to point out that a budget which increases the…”

I kind of think the American people are fairly bright. I think they see through this. If you are deeming a bill passed in a rule, aren't you actually passing that bill and aren't you voting for that bill? And isn't this just a trick or a…

An elaborate charade. Trickery. If the American people think we are engaged in trickery, why not engage in trickery.

Wait, the gentleman's telling me that never before in Federal law have we ordered people to buy a particular product, that we don't do that in Federal law as a routine matter?

So this would be the first Federal mandate saying you must buy a product because the Federal Government tells you you must buy a product?