Kim Reynolds: “Mr. Speaker, first of all I want to make sure that there was no question in my comments earlier as the gentleman from…”

“Mr. Speaker, first of all I want to make sure that there was no question in my comments earlier as the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) brought forth some thought. I believe it is for the Committee on Rules to listen to each and every Member on its amendments. What I said was that the Committee on Rules, that it was not responsible and necessary to give every member a waiver on everything they wanted as they came up there, which you well know. A couple of things that become important also while I listen to both the ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations as well as the minority member managing this rule, and that is that appropriations has a very unique aspect here. They can move privileged measures right to the floor without any rule. Now, I know the ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations knows that because last year the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies came through exactly that way, as a privileged measure that was regular order and never had a rule, and it came right to the floor as they have that opportunity here in the House of Representatives.”