Political Quotes

“I think for the edification of my colleagues who may not be on the floor right now, they would like to make absolutely sure how this procedure is going to work. As I understand it, when the conference report comes back, we have the right to raise an objection or point of order against the whole bill. But what about individual projects that are put in the bill? Will we be able to raise a point of order against each one of those projects that are put in the bill, that are airdropped into it in the conference committee? One of the reasons we have been debating this so strongly over the last couple of days is because we want to make sure that the Members have a right to vote on these projects. There is a considerable amount of money in the bill which is not designated for any individual project right now. So if it is the whole conference report that we have to raise a point of order against, that is not getting to each individual airdropped earmark that is put in the bill.”