do. one of people who spoke eloquently was congressman brian mast of florida, his words echoed when benjamin franklin said, he said, we could pass all the rules we want, if we in this body, the mic majority. don t do the right thing that does not matter. all the talk about all of the rules, following route rules. i got to thinking of benjamin franklin s comments. in his 80s, he was very ill, he was going to stand up and give a speech but he could not stand up, he handed it to his friend and another delegate from pennsylvania james wilson who read it this is what benjamin fr franklin said, i confess that i do not entirely approve of this constitution of present, sir, i am note sure i shall never approve it for having lived long i have experienced many instances of being obliged to change opinions even on important subjects, i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. is it is therefore the older i grow the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment if well administered
spending to 22 levels. as part of this overall agreement with the speaker. now the speaker, and these are fundamental changes that will allow to us change things, importantly on rules make sure there are conservatives on rules committee to actually affect what goes to the floor, the rules committee is nerd speak, the committee that funnels stuff to the floor of the house. we ll have conservative representation on that committee now, we can help control we get good bills to the floor and advance wh conservative bills, the reforms are critical and significant. mark: in last few days in last day, with the few holdouts, were one of these rules at stake? or did you have it all together already in your deal, but we had people holding out? that is my sense. truth, a lot of this stuff was not actually
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i want to ask you, a question, we ve known each other a long time now. now you pretty much have rules you want, 90% perhaps? we got a lot of good things in this deal. thanks for having me on. you know the rules that we got. they go back for a little bit, this is all predicated on fixing this town, you and i have been fighting this beast for a long time. to get your arms around it, you have to have power in hands of rank and file members of the body, idea way back a number of months ago for us to fix house to have the power to do what i have not been able to do since i ve been in washington, offer amendments and a say in debate, we got changes, sys single subject bills, 72 hours to read bills that will be enforced, ability to offer amendment on the floor in open debate to cut spending, and we were able to get agreements we would limit
do. one of people who spoke eloquently was congressman brian mast of florida, his words echoed when benjamin franklin said, he said, we could pass all the rules we want, if we in this body, the mic majority. don t do the right thing that does not matter. all the talk about all of the rules, following route rules. i got to thinking of benjamin franklin s comments. in his 80s, he was very ill, he was going to stand up and give a speech but he could not stand up, he handed it to his friend and