David Schweikert: “I am going to do a budget presentation in a couple of moments, but I wanted to actually come up here and, with my good…”

“I am going to do a budget presentation in a couple of moments, but I wanted to actually come up here and, with my good friend from South Carolina, Mick Mulvaney, talk about a little article that popped up in The Economist last week, and there is the issue. This place has fairly short memories, but about 2 years ago, there were a handful of us coming here and talking about sort of an esoteric issue, something called--what is it--wheelchair lifts. For those of us who represent resort areas, I am blessed to represent the community of Scottsdale, a wonderful area. I had one of my resort owners call me, and in a fairly gruff voice, saying: ``David, do you know what the Justice Department is doing to me? I have seven pools and Jacuzzis, and apparently, I have to put permanent fixed wheelchair lifts at every pool and Jacuzzi.'' He said: ``I want to be sensitive and caring to my mobility- challenged guests.'' He went on to tell me the story that for 10 years, he had had a portable wheelchair lift, and it had never been requested. Here we are, 2 years later. He has torn up his landscaping; he has put in the units. Guess what is now happening? He has called me and told me that now his insurance rates are starting to really bounce up because of unattractive nuisance. The very things Mick Mulvaney predicted, I like to say I predicted 2 years ago, are coming true. I would like to yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Mulvaney).…”