On the recordApril 28, 2022
I would tell my colleague across the aisle that I still have several speakers, just so we are on the same page. Mr. Speaker, there were comments made prior regarding why we, on our side of the aisle, are not talking about the underlying bill. The answer to that is very simple. Let's put this into perspective. We are here debating the rule. We are not debating final passage. In fact, we don't need to debate final passage because the vast majority of my colleagues agree on this particular bill. We are not here debating final passage of the bill. We are debating, in essence, the rest of the legislative calendar for the day. We simply are arguing that in this calendar and in the agenda for the rest of the day, we should be considering other important matters, such as the crisis at the southern border. So I just felt like I needed to put that in perspective. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Guest), my good friend.
