Mr. Speaker. in all the history of Congress in my judgment there has been no piece of legislation passed more important to the happiness of the homes in America than this bill.. I want to challenge the statements made by the gentleman from New York . "that the American people .can not be made by Congress to do anything. which they do not Want to do." and "that the people willi not respect this. law after Congress passes it." The characteristic American citizen Is a lawloving. lawabiding citizen. and the great majority of American citizens. notwithstanding the fact that many are foreign born. are lawloving. lawabiding citizens and. will. obey any- and all laws passed by Congress. We have passed in the history of this -Nation only 18 amendments -to the Constitution. and every single one of those amendments has been passed in the identical manner in which this seventeenth amndment was passedsubmitted to the States by Congress. and by the legislatures of the various States ratifiedand never before in the history of this Nation was any one of the 17 amendments thus. far ratified more quickly acted on than this seventeenth amendment. and I want to call your attention tothe fact that 44.of the 48 States in less than a year prompptly ratified this seventeenth amendment.
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