To correct what may be a misunderstanding about the swiftness with which this Congress is reacting to those tragedies, I yield 5 minutes to the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who has moved immediately on these issues, the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers).
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I believe that we are both, irrespective of who leads the Congress, irrespective of who leads the White House, we are all disadvantaged as Americans when Congress becomes feckless in its attempts to do oversight over the executive branch.
Let's not eliminate the motion to recommit to silence the minority. Let's change the motion to recommit to empower legislative discussion.
It is now my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), one of our former colleagues on the House Budget Committee, currently the leader of the Republican side of the House Committee on Rules.
The politics of division that we play have dangerous consequences in many ways.
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