Bob Wise: “I oppose this rule, and let us just get to the heart of one of the things we are going to hear, and that is the mantra…”

“I oppose this rule, and let us just get to the heart of one of the things we are going to hear, and that is the mantra, over and over, 406 to 4, 406 to 4. My colleagues, I voted for this bill last year. I spoke for it last year. So why would I be one of the 406 that is opposed to the rule and opposed to the bill? Because, my colleagues, this is not the same time, it is not the same conditions. I guess I played a little bit, mainly from the bench, but I played high school football, and I learned that if a play is run and it does not go anywhere, then that play is not run again. And this is what is attempting to be done with this Amtrak bill. Yes, it passed this House 406 to 4. Does anybody ever talk about what happened after that? There is deafening silence. And the reason is because there was deafening silence. Nothing happened. It went to the Senate, but it was not brought up for consideration, therefore, it never got to the President for his signature. The fact of the matter is it passed here 406 to 4, and in terms of getting enacted, the score is zero. So that is what will happen again if we run the same play, and that is why there are a number of us who oppose this bill.”