On the recordOctober 4, 2013
That's the time-honored tradition. That's the way the place works. It's the way it should operate. That's regular order. Now the Senate has passed the bill. The House has passed a bill, which disagree with each other. The House, two or three nights ago now, passed their motion to go to conference, and it passed the House. The Speaker of the House then appointed conferees from the House side and sent that to the Senate, waiting for the Senate to appoint conferees so that we can meet together, work out our differences, and bring that agreement back to each body, the House and the Senate. {time} 1330 Why aren't we proceeding on regular order in this case? Do you have an answer?





