Pat Meehan: “I think it is clear from the votes that have been taken that there probably is a majority of the Members of this House…”

“I think it is clear from the votes that have been taken that there probably is a majority of the Members of this House that are ready, willing and able to vote for passage of the Shays-Meehan substitute. I would hope that we would do everything in our power to get that up- or-down vote and to get through with this debate. The majority of the Members of this House, I think, want to pass this bill and get it over to the other body and get it over there in enough time to get a bill to the President's desk. So I would ask the Speaker and the Republican leadership to keep that in mind.”