Political Quotes

“What the ranking member is saying is fair. The goal here is to have much better information, because the reality is we are going to go back through that uncomfortable exercise again. It is probably a year or 2, maybe 3 years out. The world has changed. This is one of the great difficulties we have around here, and it is sometimes hard to accept. In a weird way, we are sort of a protection racket. We protect incumbent models of business, incumbent processes, incumbent bureaucracies, but how many of us are now paying our bills on this thing? How many of us are communicating on this thing and not licking an envelope with the risk of a paper cut? Come on, that was funny. The world is different. I know we have a certain sensitivity to the history and to the communities, but we are going to have to deal with the financial realities that is modern America. That is all I am trying to do. If we are going to deal with those, let's have quality information so we understand. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”