Porter Goss: “I certainly welcome the opportunity to speak in favor of this wide-open rule on a bill that I hope will have very broad…”

“I certainly welcome the opportunity to speak in favor of this wide-open rule on a bill that I hope will have very broad bipartisan support. As my colleagues know, much has been said about the Contract With America and just which is the crown jewel of that contract, and my colleague from the southwest coast of Florida [Mr. Miller], and myself from the southwest coast of Florida believe this probably is the crown jewel of the Contract With America; at least in my district it is in close competition because this legislation makes good on yet another promise we made in the Contract With America, and I have also got to point out another Floridian who had an important part of this, and I commend him as a prime sponsor of this bill, the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Shaw, my colleague who has actually been an initiator and put in a lot of hard work, and it is his persistence which brought this to a successful close today.”