James T. Callahan: “I happen to agree with the minority. I think they should have had a different rule. I was there for most of the time…”

“I happen to agree with the minority. I think they should have had a different rule. I was there for most of the time during the Committee on Rules. I saw what transpired. I saw what transpired in the back when the Greenwood amendment was presented in a different fashion from the manner in which the gentlewoman from California wanted. So what? Big deal. It disappoints her. So why should she not, as the ranking member of this committee, who has worked in a bipartisan fashion to establish a bill that could be passed by this House, and this is a very difficult bill to handle under the best of circumstances. So I have no quarrel with the gentlemen, and I have no quarrel with them. I think she has a right to be heard on an issue that she is tremendously interested in. Where are we at this point? We are at a stalemate. Now they are disappointed. They think that they should have the right to be heard. Incidentally, Mr. Speaker, we are talking about 10 minutes. We are not talking about a 3-day debate. She wanted the opportunity to present her amendment and she wanted 10 minutes to talk about it.”