Melvin Watt: “Mr. Speaker, this is not a controversial bill, and despite the fact that a number of my colleagues feel strongly that…”

“Mr. Speaker, this is not a controversial bill, and despite the fact that a number of my colleagues feel strongly that the residents of Wendover and West Wendover should be entitled to prescription drug benefits, a point, by the way, which I agree with, the bill itself is not controversial; and I therefore strongly encourage my colleagues to vote in favor of the bill and support the bill. I commend the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Gibbons) and the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) for bringing it forward. It is nice to know that the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) believes in gerrymandering. I am just sorry that he did not bring this early enough to get these people out of Utah soon enough that we would not have to have fought with Utah about whether these residents were there for this census, and we would not be all the way up in the United States Supreme Court arguing with Utah about whether they deserve a new congressional district or North Carolina deserves a new congressional district. But that is kind of far afield, too. They did not get that done in time to resolve that dispute, but it is still a good bill. I encourage my colleagues to support it.”