On the recordApril 22, 2013
I will take that 1 minute, please. This is pretty simple. This legislation is new and only recently introduced. It has never been vetted. Others have but not this legislation. This bill is fraught with all kinds of problems, some of which have already been enumerated on the floor. There are many unintended circumstances. The only right thing to do is to permit this to go back to the committee so the committee can take it up. As chairman of the committee, I have made that promise many times. We have already had hearings. We will have a markup on this bill in the next work period. A markup means there will be a vote. I stand here ready to abide by the vote. I submit right now that the majority of the Members of the committee maybe will let us work this thing. I don't know. But that is the process. That is what we should be doing, not just ramming this thing through, which is so complex. There are so many unintended consequences. Many of the consequences have been enumerated and not addressed but could be addressed and would be addressed in a proper committee forum. I yield the floor. ____________________
