NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Chairman, this is a Chamber where men and women of good will can come to share points of view that from time to time…”

“Mr. Chairman, this is a Chamber where men and women of good will can come to share points of view that from time to time may be at odds. Mr. Chairman, we recognize that an election is about 160 days away. While passions and tempers may run high, Mr. Chairman, I would hope that we would be able to refrain from the temptation of politics as usual. But, Mr. Chairman, the American people understand that we are a nation at war; that the attacks of September 11 forever changed this country. The American people understand we should stand together, even though there are the pressures of the political calendar for some to come in and sloganeer and try to find sound bites and go back to business as usual. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Our Commander in Chief has pointed that out repeatedly, that this is a new type of war. Again, even though we rejoice in philosophical differences of opinion, only the most cockeyed of revisionists would have us believe that in previous Congresses, under previous majorities, similar rules were not employed to achieve legislative results.”