Charles E. Schumer: “Mr. Chairman, one of the great ironies is that the gentleman from Florida--and I hope the gentleman from New York knows…”

“Mr. Chairman, one of the great ironies is that the gentleman from Florida--and I hope the gentleman from New York knows that the gentleman from Florida [Mr. McCollum] voted for the proposal that he is now seeking to strike, in subcommittee; so did the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Hyde]; so did the gentleman from New York [Mr. Fish]. When the Rules Committee fashioned these proposals, they were trying to do the most controversial. The gentleman from New York's views on drugs, on drug penalties, is well known. It so happens we have the toughest drug penalty laws on the books in the Federal Government that I know of, much tougher than your State and my State, much tougher just about than any other State. So, ladies and gentleman, if we want to sit here and delay and each person wants to get up and act and say, ``I want my amendment. Let's trash the bill because I want mine,'' someone else gets up and says, ``I want my amendment. Let's trash the bill.''”