Speech #620270195

The rule limiting the consideration does not apply to the House. The whole bill is before the House. I am surprised that the gentleman from Massachusetts should make the point of order as to a bill covering the entire subject of immigration pending before the House that it is improper in the House to offer to that bill an amendment which relates to any portion of the imimigration subject at all. The whole subject is before the House. Under the rule that the House has adopted it is true that in accordance with the ruling of the Chair you could only add. by way of amendment. something which was germane to the committee amendment. But here the rule provides that there may be a motion to recommit. We have the entire subject before the House. I do not believe that the Speaker will rule that when a Senate bill covering the entire subject of immigration is under consideration by the House a motion to recommit must apply only to something germane to an amendment which the House has adopted.