On the recordJune 26, 2002
I did not characterize. I indicated factually what the Senate was doing; and would Members notice, I have had two consecutive interruptions on parliamentary procedure which were both wrong and simply an attempt to cover up the facts because they will not be able to argue on the substance. These 191 pages are 80 percent passed already by the House. These 374 pages by the Senate had not passed the House until they put it together this way. The institution of the House should not go to a conference with the Senate unilaterally disarming. That is wrong institutionally. All this rule does is put bills that we have passed previously together so we can have our bills in front of the conference, as the Senate has as well. Members might learn something from this. We can actually say what we need to do in 191 pages; the Senate needs 374.
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