Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I have a statement before me from Chairman Goodlatte, the chairman of the full Judiciary Committee. I am going to represent this as his statement, but the chairman thanks the gentleman from Kentucky for his clarification while he remains opposed to the amendment because it provides an overly broad definition of the eligible professional organizations authorized to issue the guidelines that would be used as an affirmative defense, and because it is not supported by the wider coalition of medical groups supporting the base bill. He looks forward to working with the gentleman to further refine and improve his legislative proposal. That concludes Chairman Goodlatte's statement that he would like read into this Record. And I would say on my own behalf, Mr. Chairman, that I very much appreciate the work that Mr. Barr has brought to this. The language that he presented originally, that had to be amended in order to conform with the parliamentarian, I believe, does define this with clarity. So I am inclined to support the gentleman from Kentucky. We will see what happens if there is a recorded vote.”