[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4830]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      APRIL FOOL'S DAY LEGISLATION

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, article I, section 7.2 of the Constitution 
says that both Houses, this House and the Senate, must pass a bill 
identical and the President must sign it before it becomes a law.
  Now, wait. The Republicans have a bill, we are going to take it up 
tomorrow, H.R. 1255, that deems that a bill that only has passed the 
House of Representatives, H.R. 1, has become law. Now, what happened to 
the fact that we were going to have to prove the constitutionality of 
every bill that came before the House? This blatantly violates the 
Constitution.
  I was totally outraged, outraged, when I saw this. But then I 
realized, guess what? What is tomorrow? April Fool's Day. Hey, guys, 
you got me. Congratulations. Happy April Fool's Day. What are we really 
going to be doing tomorrow?

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