mr. speaker , reclaiming my time , let us do that .  let us defeat this now and send it to a rule .  the gentleman from california 's ( mr. doolittle )  idea of a substantive defense is maybe a tribute to the gallantry that he continues to exemplify long after it may have gone out of fashion .  he says the reason this is a good idea is that the gentlewoman from california ( ms. zoe lofgren )  said so .  i highly esteem my colleague from california with whom i disagree in this case .  but the notion that her imprimatur is in itself a substantive defense of failing to follow the regular procedure does not meet the argument .  