I thank the Speaker. So here again is a real problem of asking us to vote on something that we are not even going to be able to read. If they give it to us at the last minute tomorrow morning, it is my guess that we are looking at a bill that is 3 or 4 inches thick, almost impossible, even with a group of staff, to try to wade through to find really what was stuck into this bill at the last minute for whatever reason.
Addressing concerns about voting on a bill without adequate time to review its contents.
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