Harold Volkmer: “this amendment would merely add two more Federal offenses to the ``three strikes and you're out'' provision, bank…”

the Republican majority, under the imperial Speaker, the gentleman from Georgia, Newt Gingrich, have become very upset when we look at their policies, and we call them and their policies extreme and radical. They get very upset. Are they…

Now the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Linder] goes on and says that the Lewis resolution reflected an ongoing and desperate action with a small band of Democrats who refused the ethics process by filing one baseless claim after another. Now…

The gentleman would not have to do that. If he would have taken the coalition or the Blue Dog budget, he would not have had to do that. We would not be here today making this decision on these type of amendments if you would just forget…

Now, as my colleagues know, I have been reading about this, and I admire the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and up to Wednesday night I would say he helped grow that beautiful bouquet of flowers. But I would like to quote the gentleman from…