On the recordNovember 8, 2023
We had this discussion a little earlier on Mr. Barr's legislation. This is before the Supreme Court. You are making a representation that this is unconstitutional. You are going to find out the answer to that probably by early summer of next year. We will be in session. We can respond to that. This is a matter that ought to be considered out of the Financial Services Committee and reported to the floor, and we ought to consider it. This was not adopted without thought. You may disagree with the conclusion that was arrived at, but it had a lot of discussion. By the way, for those of you who have not been here a long time, it had a conference. You may not know what a conference is, but what a conference is, is we pass legislation, the Senate passes legislation, and they go meet. We hardly do that anymore, unfortunately. That is sad, in my view. I have been here for a long time, and conferences are good. That is the way the process ought to work, as opposed to just putting something here and zero funding an agency that was created. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair rather than to other Members.
