Political Quotes

“The gentleman started by commenting about the shutting down of the switchboards and whether or not individual citizens could get through to their Member of Congress today and express their feelings, and I would suggest right now maybe their intensely felt feelings in opposition to or in support of this bill. It seems to me that the American people, who are frustrated by that process, maybe ought to think about what organizations or groups they are a member of that might be able to get through. I am a little concerned that individual Members of this body maybe aren't taking phone calls right now, maybe aren't reading the faxes or the emails they are getting right now. But everybody who sits on this floor listens to the big organizations in their district. They listen to the Chamber of Commerce in their district. They listen to the farm bureau in their district. They listen to the cattle growers in their district. They might listen to the homebuilders, who by the way under the Senate bill are singled out for particularly mean or unfair treatment, high taxes, in this bill.”