Chairman DREIER asked me to chair a Subcommittee on Civility. and I began working with that and working with Representative CLEAVER on the other side. We joined together in a Special Order where we both debated civilly over the pros and cons of tax relief without throwing the usual big word bantering. disrespecting words at one another that we have a tendency to do in our debate. I would ask my colleagues who are listening. join together in this effort with Representative CLEAVER so we can grow the amount of Members. we can have Special Orders where we debate the pros and cons of such hot issues like the war in Iraq or immigration or tax relief. all these things that are so important to the American public. but we do it in a way where we have a little bit more time where we can go back and forth and ask each other questions. It is difficult the way our structured debate is. to actually make a point in one minute and then be able to respond to the other side. So I would join with my colleague and maybe convince him to join our Subcommittee on Civility and we can have longer. more meaningful. and I think the American public would actually embrace the opportunity to sit down in front of their TV. watch CSPAN for an hour. become educated on an issue on both sides. and then understand a little bit more about why we are voting one way or the other. where our belief systems are.
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