He was arguing that everyone should be forced to live the way he did when he was growing up. Actually, he was arguing for the pork he was creating for yet another feminist rip-off Big Government program - but he did manage to create federal laws in the process that had the effect of forcing the idea on everyone.
Good Lord this guy is a complete whack job! How do these people get reelected? Every time this guy opens his mouth everyone goes HUH? What a nut job!