Anna Eshoo: “I have been sitting on the floor now for hours, as many of you have as well. I do not relish saying the following, but I…”

“I have been sitting on the floor now for hours, as many of you have as well. I do not relish saying the following, but I think that we have hit one of our all-time lows. This is the House of Representatives, the place of the people. We are the political descendants, every single one of us, of this man here, George Washington, of Lafayette, of Lincoln, of Kennedy, of Reagan, of all of them. What has come of us, that we have descended into this? I say to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), I respect you. You are a gentleman. You are a decent man. I respect the mainstream Republicans who have to deal with this nonsense daily by the only wing that dominates your party now, the right wing. But the right wing is the wrong wing. The people of this country deserve to have their families taken care of by us. That is why we ran. We said to our respective constituents, whether they were Republicans, Democrats, Independents, we want to fulfill the dream of America for you. Now, whether we agree or disagree about the approaches, we have the collective responsibility to bring the vehicles to this floor, and a continuing resolution means that there has been a collapse, a collapse of leadership. I do not want to think of what Lincoln would say about the Republican whip and what he said. He is too busy hating Democrats. What about loving our country and moving an agenda forward? I feel ashamed tonight. I feel ashamed that there is not enough leadership. Where is the Speaker?”