Reading Bills is Over Rated

At least it is if you happen to be the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. At a National Press Club luncheon the esteemed John Conyers spake:

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 read the bill?

While I recognize that John Conyers is not always the most discernible of orators, I believe I can read clearly between the lines in this instance.

Bills are too long, too complex, and given their length and complexity, are expected to be addressed on timetables that are far too short. Yet Conyers response is not that the bills need to be shortened, simplified, or be put on timetables that would provide a reasonable period for study. No, Conyers natural response is to toss out a pathetic equivalent of "hey, its hopeless."

If these jackasses (and this jackass in particular) would spend more time addressing their job's requirements in a proper manner rather than continually trying to investigate the previous administration for treason, war crimes, corruption, and abuse of power, maybe, just maybe, the crowned heads of America would have a bit more time to shorten, simplify, and, in lieu of the first two, actually study the bills they were elected to vote on.

Other than that I've got nothin'.

h/t Wizbang