mr. speaker , i yield myself such time as i may consume .  the gentleman from indiana tells us we should all be happy because the education committee deliberated on this and there were votes in that committee .  i should remind the gentleman that there are 49 members of the education committee .  there are 435 members of the house of representatives .  the gentleman gets all upset when mr. miller  talks about the fact that it is important for us to be an example to iraq about what democracy is , and that there are elections in iraq and , you know , here we are engaged in an undemocratic process here today .  but i will say this .  at least in iraq everyone has an opportunity to vote .  here we are being denied an opportunity deliberately on this floor on an issue that impacts millions and millions of our fellow citizens .  this is an outrage .  you know , i am amazed that people on the other side , who only a few years back would decry a closed process like this , have now come to embrace this process .  this has become the norm in this house , and it has to stop .  this is not democracy .  this is not a deliberative process .  this is a closed process where legitimate , important debate on important issues is being denied routinely .  