Doris Matsui: “Mr. Speaker, it is kind of interesting, because I do not have anybody that wants to speak. This bill is so meaningless…”

“Mr. Speaker, it is kind of interesting, because I do not have anybody that wants to speak. This bill is so meaningless, so irrelevant, so worthless, that not one of my colleagues on our side of the aisle wants to speak. I think the other side probably has two or three, probably because they want to say something, I do not know what. But again, this is a resolution that asks the other body to pass a bill that we passed. Now, under the rules of the institution, of the Congress, after we pass a piece of legislation we enroll it and then we send it over to the other body so they know they can either take action or take no action. If they decide to take no action, then the next logical thing is, maybe you do not want to walk over there, maybe the 5-minute walk takes too long, how about just calling them up and saying, hey, what is wrong with the bill we sent over, because we want to move it. Then maybe you can have a discussion. But, instead, we have to pass a resolution, keep all the staff here; and no one really wants to speak about it. I will tell you why this is so irrelevant. This is unbelievable. It is so irrelevant because this will not take effect until 2010. This will not take effect until the year 2010, 8 years from now. We are not even going to be around here. Maybe that is why we are doing it now, because we want to make sure our legacy is going to be effective in 2010.”