Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, first, before I talk about the bill at hand, I want to say just what an honor it has been serving with you on the Rules Committee, Mr. Woodall. You know, I didn't know Mr. Woodall, really, before I served on the Rules Committee with him, and I found him to be very witty, a very good debater as well. You do it in such a nice way. You really win the debates, but you do it with a smile, and you do it in a friendly way. I really appreciate the way you conduct yourself and how you actually win arguments, but you are very friendly about it. I don't know what your future holds, but I wish you all of the best. You are extremely talented, and it really is an honor to serve with you. Mr. Speaker, let me talk about the bill. I find it crazy, quite frankly, that the American people and small businesses are hurting, because of the COVID crisis, and they need COVID relief, and we are not concentrating on a bipartisan COVID relief stimulus package right now that will actually be signed into law. I find it just incredulous that, instead, my Democratic colleagues are focusing on legalizing marijuana nationwide. Sometimes I think that the world is turned upside down, when you have a State--I think Oregon--that bans plastic straws but legalizes cocaine and heroin. It is just insane to me and I think to a majority of my constituents, whether they be Republican, Independent, or Democrat, quite frankly.…”