Christopher Shays: “That is nice to know. I guess I would also say that the public can have a tremendous amount of impact. They may have…”

“That is nice to know. I guess I would also say that the public can have a tremendous amount of impact. They may have made assumptions that we are under all the laws. It may not have occurred to them that we are not. It never did to me until I was elected. We need their help, as well, in helping move forward this legislation so when it is finally drafted it does everything we intend it to do. I welcome, along with the gentleman from New Hampshire, I welcome my colleagues here and thank them deeply, particularly the freshman Members. Because just as there were the Grassley's and the Harris Fawell's and the Bill Goodling's who came before, what has really made a difference in this legislation, absolutely, are the 90-plus out of 100-plus Members of the freshman class, 90 have cosponsored this legislation. It would go nowhere without their support, so I am deeply grateful to my colleagues, the new Members of this Chamber. I thank the gentleman for yielding.”