It is absolutely crazy. I do not generally disagree with the thrust of much of this legislation. As far as the agriculture sections of it, I love it. But when it comes to things like this, these are the kinds of things that make me question whether I want to vote for this bill.
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Now how many times has Fed Ex tried to get this provision in other bills unsuccessfully before this bill?
Bear is fine. Let us vote down the rule, and let us get the report out of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
It is very apparent, I think, to everybody out there that is seeing what is happening here, that Members of the House who are calling for this report to be made public are attempted to be gagged.
One newspaper in Connecticut appropriately describes the chairperson of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct as ``Stonewall Johnson.'' That is a perfect, appropriate description of the gentlewoman from Connecticut, and she has…
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