On the recordMay 23, 2002
If this legislation were a bill to support our troops, our brave and courageous men and women overseas, fighting terrorism, it would pass unanimously, right now. If this bill were simply a bill to protect our homeland from terrorists, it would pass right now, unanimously. Instead, we have a piece of legislation with an accompanying rule that denies the minority their rights and thwarts the majority of their principles. Over the past I have talked at length about the Committee on Rules denying the minority party, the Democrats in this case, denying the minority party the ability on the defense authorization bill, denying the minority party on the Welfare Reform Act our opportunities to change and amend and modify legislation. That is wrong in a law-making body. But today we have gone even a step further than denying the minority their precious rights of participating in this great system.
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