Bob Filner: “First of all, let me first say I do appreciate the efforts that you have made, very aggressively, to keep a bipartisan…”

“First of all, let me first say I do appreciate the efforts that you have made, very aggressively, to keep a bipartisan aura on this committee. And I think you and I have taken a whole new position than the past. We have met regularly for breakfast and for lunch. We have even paid for each other--without taxing others. But you know as well as I do, there are other bills that should have been brought to this floor. You wouldn't bring them up. Sanford Bishop's bill, for example, which came to the committee. I endorsed it. I don't see it anywhere. You wouldn't take it up. You know we can't get any amendments through your committee when you tell them not to vote for them. So, come on, you know the process. You decided that this is the bill that's going to happen. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will address their remarks to the Chair.”