It is too long, too complicated, and passed too quickly for members of Congress to really know what they are voting on.

"I love these members that get up and say 'Read the bill.' What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you've read the bill."

Unfortunately, Conyers’ solution is to vote for the bill without reading it, and without even giving it a serious examination. It seems to have never crossed his mind that a bill that is too complex to be understood without “two days and two lawyers” to figure it out is probably too complex to be implemented in a coherent manner without delegating way too much discretion to unelected bureaucrats.

And while this statement came in the context of the health care debate, I think it is equally applicable to ANY piece of legislation. If it is too long and complex to be read and understood by members of Congress – or the American people – then it probably should be split up into more manageable pieces for the good of the nation.

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