Harold Volkmer: “But I do have a strong disappointment, a very strong disappointment, in the majority in requiring a closed rule. I know…”

“But I do have a strong disappointment, a very strong disappointment, in the majority in requiring a closed rule. I know the gentleman did not have a Committee on Rules, but I could read, too, the gentleman from New York, in here the provision in regard to what we call the compliance legislation, and what I am saddened by is that that bill, which is a good bill, has overwhelming support, we all supported it last year, and it went to the Senate and died, so it still has not become law. I listened to the speeches here this morning, some of the 1-minutes saying that we have now placed the House under all the laws of the United States that affect all private business and industry. Mr. Speaker, I say to the gentleman, ``We haven't done that yet, Jerry. You know that, and I know that, and until it passes the Senate, comes out of conference, goes to the President and is signed, we haven't done anything.'' We passed it. We did that last year. It does not do anything until it becomes law.”