Maxine Waters: “I thank the gentleman from Texas for attempting this amendment. As a matter of fact, there have been any number of…”

“I thank the gentleman from Texas for attempting this amendment. As a matter of fact, there have been any number of Members from this side of the aisle who have been attempting to amend this bill to try and make it better. While I have great respect for all of those attempts, if my friends had listened, if they had accepted, perhaps they could have made this a better bill. Unfortunately, at this point in time, no, with all the work that this gentleman has done, Mr. Casar and others, my friends will not accept any amendments. They are not going to accept his amendment. They don't think that the bill can be made better, and unfortunately, the bill is so bad, I don't think it can be made better either. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chair, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.”