Jim McGovern And Michelle Fischbach Clash Over Amendment Process For GOP Bill

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At a House Rules Committee hearing on Monday, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MN) spoke about the amendment process for a Republican bill at voting.

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00:00Thank you Mr. McGovern and I just wanted to just they handed me a few facts about

00:06the amendment issue and I do understand Mr. Murley that you there there was one

00:11amendment submitted for this bill and it was your amendment and it was 219 pages

00:17long and you submitted it less than two hours before the hearing is my

00:21understanding so let's just set the record straight there was no call for

00:27amendments the Rules Committee usually puts out a call and asks people for

00:31amendments they did not receive no notice went out asking for amendments

00:38and by the way Mr. Morelli's amendment is actually germane

00:45and he's a former Rules Committee member too and Mr. McGovern I am being I had to

01:03make sure that I was clear on it and there have been structured rules that

01:08have been done before without a call for amendments and they are still allowed to

01:11submit amendments members are still allowed to so can we do it now he has an

01:16amendment if we can make this germane amendment in order great this shouldn't

01:26be controversial and Mr. McGovern they're saying it there was there was no

01:29opportunity to vet I think that was part of the point where it is a 219 page

01:33amendment submitted less than two hours before and there was no opportunity to

01:38vet and look through the amendment and and understand what was in it we were

01:42just told it was offered in committee so this is not a new concept so I mean I

01:48mean I I don't I don't I understand I appreciate the general lady's

01:53indulgence I think we just gonna call it out for what's happening here this is

01:57about basically making sure that no amendments could be offered that there

02:01could be no debate this is about shutting down the process Mr. McGovern

02:05I'm gonna recall I'm gonna call my time because reclaim my time because it no

02:10that's not what it is about it is about the opportunity for staff to be able to

02:13understand an amendment that is 218 pages long and I understand you're gonna

02:18say it was in the committee would be the one that would vet vet it and they had a

02:22chance to look at it I'm reclaiming my time you don't have to vote for it I'm

02:25just saying can we make it an order the mr. chair or mr. McGovern this is it is

02:32just it two hours beforehand that this was submitted and I understand you're

02:38gonna say that it was it was submitted in committee but then it should have

02:42been submitted earlier than that or anything to make sure that this so we're

02:46not I don't we are not shutting things down this is one amendment we're shutting

02:50this process one amendment yeah on a voting rights bill we don't I reclaim my

02:57time we put out a call for amendments mr. McGovern well and just my

03:03understanding is that like I said that was the one amendment but I do have a

03:06couple of questions for mr. for the chairman mr. style

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