Howard Griffith actually said...

I think we need to go back in and work on the germaneness rule.

The problem is the rule has never been used. The rule is not effective as it was written.

I believe that if we have a strict germaneness rule, no matter who the Speaker is, it makes that Speaker more powerful vis-a-vis the Senate.

John Lewis, a colleague, great American, he used to say 'good trouble.' He did not have this in mind.