Mike Levin: “Relative to bills that come before them. These are complex bills. I assume they consult all the time. I cannot imagine…”

“Relative to bills that come before them. These are complex bills. I assume they consult all the time. I cannot imagine it is unusual for the Parliamentarian to talk to either Members of the Senate or to our staff. By the way, this requirement of relevance is not unusual. I just ask the Parliamentarian, is this an uncommon provision? It is not an uncommon provision. In fact, it seems to me, in a bill that recently came before us it had a provision, although I cannot remember which one it was--but it is not an uncommon provision. It was not intended to prevent any particular amendment. As the Senator from Virginia said, it was just simply intended to give some kind of parameter to a very lengthy and complex bill. It was not aimed at a BRAC amendment or aimed at any particular amendment.”