John Conyers: “And so, even if we accept, or if the Schiff amendment passes, it does not change the underlying problem that has been…”

“And so, even if we accept, or if the Schiff amendment passes, it does not change the underlying problem that has been raised in committee about protecting reproductive health clinics. We cannot get around it, my colleagues. We have got to face it. We are the Congress. This is where the issue is going to be decided, the rubber hits the road. There is no way we can collapse it into some general language that will include anything and everything and then leave it to the discretion of local officials to pick it up. I say to my colleagues, ``This is the big duck amendment. Whether you like it or don't, it doesn't change the problem that victims of the violence at health clinics need protection, and I urge that we keep this in mind as this debate moves on.``”