Alcee Hastings: “I always say that for humor, I say to the gentleman from Colorado. I want the gentleman to know that I think the Vice…”

“I always say that for humor, I say to the gentleman from Colorado. I want the gentleman to know that I think the Vice President was correct when he said that we need to lower the volume. But I think the Vice President is incorrect when he advises the President that this matter should not be made known, particularly having to do with the briefing that he received; it could be appropriately redacted. The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Foley), our colleague that is involved in this colloquy, was involved in the Florida legislature when we passed the sunshine law in the State of Florida. And do my colleagues know what? The executive branch of government moaned and groaned, and they were Democrats in the executive branch then, they moaned and groaned all the way to openness. When I go with the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) next week in Russia and in Beijing and in Korea, do my colleagues know what we are going to say to those people?”