Charles Norwood: “let me point out to my friend from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] that I am absolutely sure the gentleman does not know why I am…”

I yield myself 2 minutes. In response to the last speaker, number one, had the gentlewoman been here earlier, the gentlewoman would have heard about why this is not an unfunded mandate. Number two, if the gentlewoman believes local law…

I simply ask the gentleman to reconsider our unanimous consent to remove two words that would, I think, make an amendment that is going to pass better in your mind.

this rule, which I support, will allow one of the most critical actions to date in the war on terror. Hardly a charade. This action is not military in nature. It is entirely political. But it will determine victory or defeat as surely as…

in conclusion, I will simply say to my friend, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) that this is not an amendment that justifies or does not justify the previous amendment. This is an effort to get the facts on what we already know. If…