On the recordNovember 17, 2016
Mr. Chairman, I was rather surprised at my colleague from Georgia (Mr. Johnson). Since I am the author of the bill, I would say that for the 16 years I have been in Congress, I have been deliberating this piece of legislation, so it certainly is not new. In much more seriousness, to call this not regular order is simply inaccurate. This has been discussed in multiple hearings, and it went through regular order with a full committee markup. So I would hope that the gentleman would reevaluate his words and recognize that half- baked would be inappropriate. This was fully vetted, and he had time for all the amendments we are hearing today at the time it was in committee.
