Political Quotes

“I think the issue of legal reform is very important. I think it needs to get moving in the House of Representatives, and the issue with which, the matters with which I take issue can be addressed elsewhere in the process. Any bill that begins has a long way to go before it ever is proposed to the President for signature. I want to say I do not criticize the rule because it simply does not include an amendment that I offered. I offered an amendment to the balanced budget amendment which was not accepted by the Committee on Rules. Nevertheless, they proposed a fundamentally fair and open exchange of views on the balanced budget amendment which I think was perfectly appropriate even if it did not happen to include an amendment that I offered. In this particular case, however, as I look at the amendments which have been made in order in this bill, it appears to me that amendments have been allowed which either the Committee on Rules believes will not be accepted by a majority in the House of Representatives or they do not care if a majority in the House of Representatives adopts these amendments.”