Louise Slaughter: “let me begin by quoting from Section 1001, Title 18 of the United States Code that also applies to the legislative…”

“let me begin by quoting from Section 1001, Title 18 of the United States Code that also applies to the legislative branch. ``Anyone knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals or covers up by any trick, scheme or device a material fact; 2, makes any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation; or, 3, makes or uses any false writing or document, knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both.'' {time} 1830 The Committee on Rules discovered last week that the Committee on the Judiciary report on the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, authored by the majority staff, in conflict obviously to the United States Code, contained amendment summaries that had been rewritten by the staff for the sole purpose of distorting the original intent of the authors. I have to admit I was livid. I was certain it must have been an oversight because I could not imagine that the Committee on the Judiciary, of all things, or the Committee on the Judiciary chairman, whom I have known for 18 years, would stand by a committee report that would so deeply mischaracterize and falsify the intent of several amendments offered by Democrat members of the committee.…”