Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Washington. Mr. Speaker, the two speakers have now brought up the issue that the House has repeatedly passed resolutions and ideas in regards to funding and taking care and mitigating our forest tragedy. There is an old adage around here that the Democrats may be the opposition, but the Senate is always the enemy. What we are here to do is light a fire under the Senate. Their talk is cheap; their actions speak. So let's light a fire. To do that, I now yield to the gentleman whose Resilient Federal Forests Act is the topic for this evening, H.R. 2936. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman.)”