it was the stenholm-roberts bill or just the stenholm bill. for awhile it was the stenholm bill and it was made in order. then on the floor, charlie stenholm being the kind member he was, all of a sudden it became the roberts-stenholm bill again and it passed, the law, my first amendment on the floor of the house. that was my background. so i had an amendment, and i know the senator remembers well, because we were standing right about down here, and i was asking you, i checked with the ranking member and the chairman. at that time we were in control. and we had the majority. and i had a very simple amendment, and i won't go into it. but at least it was referenced to the health, education, labor and pensions committee. and i was checking around with the ranking member and whatever, and they looked a little surprised that i was even checking with them. and the chairman of the committee, our republican chairman, indicated, well, i would just as soon you wouldn't do that because we have a complete bill. we've put it to the committee. i think your

it was the roberts-stenholm bill. it didn't take me for long to figure out that the roberts-stenholm bill was going nowhere. and so charlie leaned over and he said, it might be a good idea that this is the stenholm-robert dove, or maybe just the stenholm bill. i said i think you've got a pretty good idea. so for a while it became the stenholm bill. and it was made in order. been on the floor, charlie stenholm thing that kind member he was, all of the sudden it became the roberts-stenholm bill again and it passed. and voilÀ, my first amendment before the house. that was my background. so i had an amendment, and i know the senator remembers well that we are standing right about down here and i was asking you, i checked with the ranking member and the chairman at the time we were in control, and we had the majority. and i had a very simple a minute and i won't go into, but at least it was reference to health education labor and pension committee. and i was checking around with a raking them and whatever and they looked a