Brian Bilbray: “Mr. Speaker, my colleague the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott) said we know the money is there. Look, there are…”

“Mr. Speaker, my colleague the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott) said we know the money is there. Look, there are some of us that are trying to work bipartisan here and have for years. But every time we try to reach across the aisle, we hear the rhetoric about the fact that we are just not spending money, let us keep going. Why this resolution is here is because not until July are we going to know if the money is there. Now, if this is a sin of saying let us not spend or commit money until we have at least the commitment down there that we think is coming down the pike. We are trying to be responsible with this. Now, in all fairness, I just asked any colleagues on the other side how did they sign on to the DeGette bill. I have signed on to the bill of the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette). And though she may be a member of the minority party, she is right on how to address that issue. The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield) has got a Republican version. But always we have to take the political cheap shot. We have always got to do that. For once, even on a resolution, if it does not say enough, then it does not do that much damage. Can my colleagues not, at least, try to meet us halfway?”