Jerry Lewis

That is totally unacceptable, and I would hope the Democrats of the House would think ``How would I react if this chairman or this committee treated me this way?''

I very much thank my colleague for yielding time to me. Frankly, I wanted to rise simply to express my deep appreciation for my colleague and the professional way he is handling this matter. We do disagree on a specific. That is, the…

I do know this, the public expects Members to be there and cast their own vote. They do not expect ghost votes.

Is it accurate to say that a significant number of the votes on this bill in committee were ghost votes, the Members were not even present to vote?

You always just gently suggested, ``I will just roll you over, Lewis. Do not worry about it.'' I know your style. Everybody else knows your style.

Let me just complete the statement. The response of the author of the bill was, ``Jerry, I am not going to be able to help you with this. The chairman is going to do exactly what he wants to do with this bill, and he already has in his…