Bart Stupak: “for the second straight day I come to the floor objecting strongly to the process by which bills are being brought to…”

“for the second straight day I come to the floor objecting strongly to the process by which bills are being brought to the floor on suspension without proper consideration. Today, the House is considering two bills that were not properly considered by the Energy and Commerce Committee. Both the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Act and the Deleting Online Predators Act were rewritten behind closed doors by the majority and were not marked up before going to the floor. On the other hand, our committee marked up a bill today, and this is not a joke, but to protect consumers from misleading thread counts for wool suits. We mark up a bill to protect people from wool suits but not from online child predators. Mr. Speaker, I take a back seat to no one when it comes to my dedication to tracking down, prosecuting and locking up child predators. I have helped lead the child predator investigation in the House, and I have participated in six hearings on this issue. Unfortunately, child predators are not the target of today's bill. This bill will not delete online predators. Rather, it will delete legitimate Web content from schools and libraries. Schools and libraries that serve students are the target of this legislation. The bill is an attempt to protect children in schools and libraries from online predators.…”