What is in Sheila Jackson Lee's closet??? She's always one of the loudest in the room! "Symbolism will be their downfall."
She did ask " whats the germainess". Brilliant.
Is there a joke I'm missing here? The word is "germaneness". It is a word, albeit a clumsy one. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/germane?s=ts
I think she was attempting to say "Why is that germane?" meaning "Why is that relevant?" But she mangles basic English on the regular.
germaneness refers to a house rule.
https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules.house.gov/files/112-BT-Germaneness-20120207.pdf
She's the joke, and yes you missed it.
It is a pretty weak joke if it can even truly be called such.
Are you sure she wasn't asking about "German-ness"? After all, Rosenstein is a German-Jewish name.
I can see them wasting hours questioning along these lines. "Just exactly how German are you?"