Rob Woodall: “Well, then I would ask my friend from Massachusetts--I only had 6 minutes to yield before, and I confess I did not yield…”

“Well, then I would ask my friend from Massachusetts--I only had 6 minutes to yield before, and I confess I did not yield any of them to my friend. The gentleman now has 60 minutes--could I ask for more than a minute of his time, the customary 30 minutes? Mr. McGOVERN. I reclaim my time, Madam Speaker. Enough. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. We are making the most amendments ever in order for any bill that has been brought to this House floor. This is a good process. The underlying bill--the National Defense Authorization Bill--increases pay for our troops, and, as I mentioned earlier, will help repeal the widow's tax. The 9/11 bill is also a part of this package. There is no reason, other than just pure partisanship, to want to oppose this, and if my friends want to oppose it, they can. The material previously referred to by Mr. Woodall is as follows: At the end of the resolution, add the following: Sec. 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, the amendment printed in section 8 shall be in order as though printed as the last amendment in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution if offered by Representative Thornberry of Texas or a designee. That amendment shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. Sec. 8. The amendment referred to in section 7 is as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new section: SEC. 8.…”