Barney Frank: “I was puzzled to hear the gentleman from Oklahoma say that they were not for physical health reasons in most cases. The…”

“I was puzzled to hear the gentleman from Oklahoma say that they were not for physical health reasons in most cases. The reason I say that is I went to the Committee on Rules to ask for the right to offer an amendment that would have allowed this only in cases where there was severe, adverse, long-term physical health consequences. Now, many do not think that does enough. It would not be enough for me to vote for the bill, but at least it would have met that argument. So when the gentleman says, oh, but we are just talking about all health, not just physical health.”