mr. speaker , reclaiming my time , the chairman of the committee on the judiciary is absolutely right .  we reported out a modified closed rule that provided the gentleman from north dakota ( mr. pomeroy )  an opportunity to not only offer his substitute , but he could have offered a motion to recommit .  so two bites at the apple .  the exact same opportunity existed on this bill which has gone through congress after congress with an excess of 300 votes in the past .  we said a substitute would have been made in order if it had been submitted to us in the committee on rules .  