Phil Gingrey: “As a former immediate past member of the Rules Committee who enjoyed, I thought, pretty good collegiality with both…”

“As a former immediate past member of the Rules Committee who enjoyed, I thought, pretty good collegiality with both sides during the two years that I was privileged to serve on the Rules Committee, I had the same situation, a second-degree amendment, and I couldn't really get it filed until a first-degree amendment was actually brought in under the deadline. There was no way. Mr. Diaz-Balart pointed that out. A second-degree amendment, by its very nature, is going to be a late amendment. They absolutely shut the door; they, the new majority. I was just absolutely astounded that that happened to a former member and colleague on the Rules Committee. The whole point is, as the gentleman from California points out, this whole process where they promised to bring reform and openness has absolutely been a farce, a fiasco. They have closed down the process. They have done nothing of which they promised.”