Henry Waxman: “I support the Morella amendment. You can vote for it, you can vote against it, but it does not make any difference…”

“I support the Morella amendment. You can vote for it, you can vote against it, but it does not make any difference, because even if it passed, the previous amendment negates it. I just think that is an incredible way to treat somebody in your own party. After all, she gave the Republicans the votes to organize the House. What do they do? They turn around and deny her a fair opportunity to offer her amendment and to try to convince Members to support it and to make it the House position. Now, if we adopt the Morella amendment it will be the House position, but we have already adopted another amendment that says the Morella amendment is not going to be the House position. I think that this is a wrong way on the process to treat this matter, and I think it is an unfair way to treat the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Morella). I am going to support the Morella amendment.”