Kendrick Meek: “No. Number 7, provides that notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further…”

“No. Number 7, provides that notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill to a time designated by the Speaker. Now, that is the out in number 7, and I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, in no way do I want to see the American people go through what the majority wants them to go through if this bill passes hypothetically tomorrow. That allows the Republican majority to say, oh, the leadership, goodness, we could not get some of our Members to vote against their own constituents that sent them up here; we tried but it just could not happen because it was the wrong thing to do. They thought about it. Some slept on it. Some got calls from their veterans and from faith- based organizations that do what they can do on behalf of those that do not have as much as others; those that were concerned about the effects on the environment that is in this budget; those that cared about children to have an education environment, Mr. Speaker, where you do not have kids on one end that had breakfast, lunch and dinner because their families were able to provide it versus those kids that could have been stricken by natural disaster or a father could have died or under this bill a single mother because we cut child enforcement dollars to help go after deadbeat parents that are not paying for it.”