On the recordJanuary 4, 1995
our forefathers had such a deep respect for major rule that they determined that majority rule was insufficient to send our troops to war. They knew how difficult it would be to resist politically popular pressures, but they were insistent that there not be minority rule determining those issues that took the most political courage. Mr. Speaker, this pressure does not belong among these internal rules changes. It is constitutionally illegal, and it is fiscally irresponsible, and, if we are ever going to address a $4 trillion debt, we have to make it within the reach of this body and the American people to do so.
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