Danny Davis, a congressman whose district includes the city's West Side, was Javon's grandfather.
That was the view of Barney Frank, the Massachusetts congressman whose name is attached to the law.
His opponent is Tom Cotton, an ambitious young Republican congressman whose résumé includes Harvard Law School and the U.S. Army.
The debate began really well for the Congressman, whose mission was to show that he had some gravitas.
Jo Bonner, a Republican congressman whose Alabama district encompasses the state's Gulf Coast, says Nelson's experience is a common one among his constituents.
Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic congressman whose district covers El Paso, told reporters that an original source seemed to be a conservative pressure group, Judicial Watch.
"All these countries have just done a better job," said Henry Cuellar, a US congressman whose district includes much of the Texas border.
"I mean, why put that in that graph like that?" asked Dave Weldon, a Florida congressman whose district includes the Kennedy Space Centre.
Matt Damon is David Norris, a New York congressman whose political future seems compromised when he falls in love with a dancer played by Emily Blunt.
"My impression was she was very interested," said Martin Frost, a Washington lobbyist and former Texas congressman whose counsel Ms. Davis sought.
Chet Edwards, the Democratic congressman whose district includes Mr Bush's ranch, worries that federal regulations will "make our houses of worship an arm of the government".
