Gary Condit: “I too, rise, reluctantly opposed to the substitute amendment by the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran]. I want to tell…”

“I too, rise, reluctantly opposed to the substitute amendment by the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran]. I want to tell my colleagues that the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran] is an example of a long-term effort, that he has not agreed to any 100-day agenda. He has been involved in this issue for a long period of time. The gentleman from Texas [Mr. Pete Geren] is absolutely correct. We would not be at this stage today had it not been for the efforts of the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran]. He has been a fighter for putting a stop to unfunded mandates, for us to deal with this in a responsible way. We both got involved in this issue. He took a little different path than some of the rest of us, but I commend him and congratulate him for his effort and think that he is a reason that we are going to be, I believe, successful on the floor today on passage of this bill. I support H.R. 5. I think it is the right way to go. With all due respect to the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran] I ask my colleagues to not support the substitute amendment. Let us move H.R. 5. It is, I think, a big step for us in putting a stop to unfunded mandates.”