Joe Biden: “I urge my colleagues, notwithstanding the agreement the Senator and I have in every other aspect of the bill, to vote…”

“I urge my colleagues, notwithstanding the agreement the Senator and I have in every other aspect of the bill, to vote against this conference report. I do so because, at the insistence of the House, the Mexico City provision, which is not related to the underlying legislation, is in the bill, and stopping the conference report, I hope--and I may be tactically wrong here; this is my objective--I hope we send a signal to the House that we will not yield to what I characterize--not the chairman, ``me''--characterize, as legislative blackmail on this or other controversial issues.”