Rob Andrews: “I again want to commend you for participating in the negotiation of the joint committee that I think is given a very…”

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, my friend, the chairman from Texas, asked, I think, a couple of very important questions about this amendment, and he really points out why I support it. First, he asked: Where is the proof that…

If the bills that are on the floor today pass unanimously--which they won't--here is what happens next. They go to the Senate, the Senate maybe takes them up, maybe doesn't take them up, passes them, maybe doesn't pass them, and this whole…

I would like to be heard on the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized. {time} 1800

Reclaiming my time, will the chairman agree that the fair thing to do would be to put the Senate bill on the floor so that each Member could cast an up-or-down vote? I yield to the gentleman.