[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10242]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NO FILIBUSTER CHANGE

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I was recently playing a card game with my 
5-year-old grandson, Teddy. And he knows it is wrong to change the 
rules in the middle of the game just to win. But the Republicans do not 
seem to play by any rules. If they sense vulnerability, they will 
rewrite historical laws to suit their needs. That is exactly what they 
did in the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and that 
is exactly what they are trying to do by eliminating the filibuster in 
the judicial nomination process.
  Americans do not want this Nation to be run by leaders willing to 
change the rules, to forgo the laws of the land, to cater to their 
special interests. They do not want judicial nominees that are bullied 
through Congress. They want qualified candidates that receive 
bipartisan approval like the other 200-plus Bush nominees approved by 
the Senate.
  Changing the rules of the game to make an exception for 10 judges is 
not democratic. It is a blatant abuse of power. Mr. Speaker, this is 
something even a 5-year-old can understand.

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