Kendrick Meek: “I stand to support the rule. And, hopefully, the Moran amendment will be passed following this rule. This rule has…”

“I stand to support the rule. And, hopefully, the Moran amendment will be passed following this rule. This rule has several things in it with which I do not agree. But it has a lot of good things in it, this particular rule does. With the Moran amendment passing, it certainly will clear up, in my mind and for the people I represent, the District of Columbia's dilemma. But I cannot take my seat unless I say a word or two about this process, which at many times is not a good one. I had an amendment before the Committee on Rules yesterday concerning the University of the District of Columbia's Law School. I was given permission to bring that rule to the floor. I was given permission to have 10 minutes for debate. And through some kind of chicanery, it did not reach here this morning. I want this Congress to understand that I shoot from the hip and will always shoot from the hip, I deal straightforward, and some of the kinds of intramural kinds of gymnastics I see here I do not appreciate. But I can say to my colleagues that I hope that this rule will pass and that the Moran amendment will follow, in spite of some of the arcane kinds of methodologies that some of my colleagues use to fight what they do not want to see. Now, that applies to both parties, both Democrat and Republican. Do not try that with Carrie Meek.”