Political Quotes

“I wish to speak on the point of order. This is absolutely germane. It is the same subject, and it meets all the rules. Mr. Chairman, I support the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point of order? The gentleman from New Jersey makes a point of order that the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Georgia is not germane. Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment. The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for oil and gas production. The amendment changes the calculation of how much land would need to be leased to offset the drawdown. The Chair finds that the amendment is within the subject matter of the underlying bill. It is, therefore, germane. The point of order is overruled.”