Bob Beauprez: “I love this Nation, and I love the ideals of this Nation, and I love what this Nation is willing to protect.”

Well, the gentleman has already acknowledged, Mr. Speaker, that I have been a community banker, and as a community banker, I, of course, see financial statements from various people, some of them doctors. And I know full well that while it…

It gets better. On the Supreme Court of the United States, two recent Supreme Court Justices, names that are certainly familiar to me, I expect familiar to most Americans, Byron White, Wizard White from my State, Colorado. Byron White was…

I am proud that the gentleman is a Member of my class. I am proud he is a Member of this 108th Congress with me. And I am also proud that, as I take a little bit of pride in myself, in coming to this Chamber the gentleman has some…

I am certainly comfortable with this bill. The gentleman said it earlier. It may not be perfect; only history will determine whether or not it is perfect. But I certainly think it is good enough. I think we have made huge strides in the…