Jim Sensenbrenner: “Are you going to drop the boom on the states that refuse to comply or can't comply as of January 15th, 2013?”

I make the point of order that a two-thirds vote is required for passage of this joint resolution because it does have the effect of amending the Constitution. And on the point of order, Madam Speaker, there was an extension that was…

It is my intention to raise a point of order that this resolution requires a two-thirds vote. I will argue the point of order when it is made, but I need to know when the proper time is to raise the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

what got me interested in this entire issue probably about 4 years ago, was a constituent named Lauri Badura. Her son died of an overdose.

I think that this markup has been a lot better than it could have been, and I think the chairman has been probably very evenhanded on that.