Eva M. Clayton: “I have come to say that the point of order should not stand in the way of us responding to the urgency of our dairy…”

“I have come to say that the point of order should not stand in the way of us responding to the urgency of our dairy farmers. They have the same urgency. There needs to be some vote up or down. We should have a right to at least debate it. The whole issue, one of my colleagues said that this is unconstitutional, that is a bogus argument. It has been tried in the State court of New York and the Federal courts, and they say the compact is constitutional. So the issue that we are putting together something that is going to bar trade does not do that. It does not violate that trade barrier. Mr. Chairman, we need to find a way where agricultural issues that have the same urgency that the people of that industry suffer, just like the airline industry, at least we ought to be able to give them the right to discuss it. Furthermore, Mr. Chairman, when we have rules of the House that can defeat public debate, the Chair is required to ensure that the Chair has not stifled that debate by ensuring there will be full hearing in the House.”