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Rob Bishop: However, good procedures do create good policy. Poor procedures create what we are doing here today. As was said by the…

On the recordDecember 2, 2010
However, good procedures do create good policy. Poor procedures create what we are doing here today. As was said by the gentleman from Minnesota, had the motion to recommit, an amendment, been approved by this body, it would be attached in its entirety to the entire bill. This bill, if it goes to the President's desk, would have all of that language in it. By changing the procedure, pulling the bill from the floor before the vote and now stripping out part of the motion to recommit and doing it as a suspension, it allows us once again to have political coverage that won't take place in reality of making changes in what happens to this bill or in the real world. For we all know the suspension that we pass here has a very high likelihood of dying in this session. So we can come down here and say, yes, we want to protect our kids from predators and vote for the suspension knowing full well that that probably will never go into effect.
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Rob Bishop
Republican · Utah
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Dec 2, 2010

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The speaker discusses the implications of procedural changes on legislation and policy outcomes.

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