Harold Volkmer: “Yes, and others. And so I recognize, and I think the gentleman recognizes, that there are opportunities and times when…”

“Yes, and others. And so I recognize, and I think the gentleman recognizes, that there are opportunities and times when there would be restrictions on amendments. Now at other times there may not be that restriction, but sometimes there are both the sponsors of the legislation, the committee chairman and others, that have worked on that legislation, and other Members would like to have some idea of what amendments are going to be brought up. With a strictly open rule and nothing said, there is no opportunity. I can bring an amendment up here on the floor, blindside somebody on it as long as it is germane and it is in order. At times there have been provisions that the chairmen of the Committee on Rules have said, 'You're going to have to have them in the Congressional Record within a certain length of time, or by a certain date, or by a certain hour of a certain date.' Does the gentleman plan to use that type of restriction on amendments?”