Maxwell Frost: “This has been somewhat of a peculiar situation that we find ourselves in. The other side, after being all over the…”

“This has been somewhat of a peculiar situation that we find ourselves in. The other side, after being all over the ballpark all day, has now decided on a one-week CR. That is fine. That is their prerogative. They are in the majority. It would have been nice if they decided this 12 hours ago. Presumably, we will be back on Tuesday, maybe Wednesday or maybe Thursday. The only regret I think any of us have is, while the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, is an honorable man, and certainly his committee has completed a lot of its work, he has been prevented by his own leadership from bringing his work product to the floor. He has only been permitted to bring five appropriation bills to the floor. Eight have not been brought to the floor. They should have been. Most of them have been completed by the gentleman's committee. It would be nice if they were brought to the floor so they could be voted on one at a time and resolve the problems that face this country. Mr. Speaker, I will be calling for a rollcall vote on this rule. A number of our Members will be voting 'no' to express their displeasure in the way that the majority has been handling this matter.”