So we have two problems. The Constitution says we have to vote on the bill. We say the mandates may be extraconstitutional in their scope. And then the whole question of equal protection under the law. We have a constitutional scholar with us, so we turn to the gentleman from Texas, the judge from east Texas, for perhaps his rendition of this complicated process that faces us.
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Mr. Speaker, I would just ask if the gentleman from Massachusetts has additional speakers. If not, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute to point out, and to bring us back to the discussion at hand, that we are talking about only having American citizens voting in American elections. We are talking about checking a Department of Energy…
Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Langworthy), who is a fellow member of the Rules Committee.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.
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