David Thomas: “A few decades ago there was a song, and it went a little bit like this: ``Love and marriage, love and marriage, go…”

“A few decades ago there was a song, and it went a little bit like this: ``Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage.'' Well, for the last several years we have been hearing Norwood-Dingell, Norwood-Dingell, a team that made health care reformers tingle. And yet today we find ourselves on the floor with a choice. Ironically that choice is to take a giant step toward making law in this area, or to keep alive a very divisive political issue. In my opinion, there is no Member of the House of Representatives who wants a law more than the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood). In my opinion, there are some individuals here today who are enormously disappointed in the fact that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood) wants a law because they certainly want to perpetuate a divisive political issue. If Members really look at the underlying bill and the bill that will remain if the Norwood amendment is adopted, we have 95 percent the same bill.”