Political Quotes

“Today, I think about when my four children were young. They are stair-stepped 2 years apart. They used to have competitions in the backyard. They would race from the patio to the elm tree and back. And I would stagger the starting time: Let the youngest one go first, then the next to the youngest, and so on. And by the time they touched the tree and came back, it turned into a real competition--a photo finish a lot of times. Mr. Speaker, we have all competed in games whose outcome has little significance in life, but we are not facing an insignificant competition in our future. We are in a race of ideologies. The stakes are as high as they can be. We are literally in a struggle for the future of western civilization, of democracy, of representative government, of human rights, and freedom. Mr. Speaker, this isn't a matter of competing. It is a must-win scenario. And quite frankly, I am aghast that this majority thinks that we only need to compete. Losing is not an option. Our attitude must be to win. If we lose, humanity loses. {time} 1600 I believe freedom-loving Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and people all across the world want America to win. I am disappointed that the Speaker and this majority, once again, dropped a massive bill that could and should be bipartisan, but instead is a cloak for failed Build Back Better policies that lie dead in the Senate. Mr. Speaker, ``You and I have a rendezvous with destiny.…”