Todd Tiahrt: “this phrase that includes the term ``full faith and credit of the United States'' was first placed in the rule during…”

“this phrase that includes the term ``full faith and credit of the United States'' was first placed in the rule during the Committee on Rules hearing, and there was a vote taken in the Committee on Rules in the past which brought the rule to the floor. The reason we have a rule is so that we can conduct business in an orderly fashion and not repeat procedures over and over and over again. It is a way of avoiding delaying tactics so we can conduct the business of the House. If we repeatedly go through a process of trying to change something that has been voted on several times, it will cause us to backtrack, not move forward. The House cannot afford to be frozen in time on one particular item. We must address the item and move on. This particular item not only has been addressed in the Committee on Rules, where a vote occurred and it was successful, it then came to the floor where a debate followed. The second vote was taken by the full House, and it was accepted by a majority of the people in the House of Representatives. Now, to move forward, we have come to the bill. It is now part of the bill. Hopefully, at some point in time today, we will have the opportunity to vote on the bill in its entirety, again addressing this issue with a ``yes'' or ``no'' vote.”