Darrell Issa: “I think the leadership said it very well. Of course, they didn't say anything about what we're actually doing here…”

“I think the leadership said it very well. Of course, they didn't say anything about what we're actually doing here today. This isn't about family unity or bonding. It isn't about mom and dad or the child. This is about a new spending, a new irresponsible spending proposal coming from the Democrats after they promised us fiscal responsibility. The fact is, we will have our taxes raised. The American people will pay for this in higher taxes in the coming years. They will pay for this after we said it was about your family. The reality is that there will be layoffs in the private sector. There will be people in the private sector who say, with these new taxes, can we still afford to have health care benefits while, in fact, Federal workers who not only enjoy good health care benefits, good vacation policies, also get more than 2 rac{1}{2} weeks a year to be sick. Now, when the American people discover that an organization, the U.S. government, gives their people 2 rac{1}{2} weeks to be sick, and allows them to accrue 6 months of that in case they're ever really sick for a long period of time, and does not require a physician's proof that they actually are sick, and then, when given the opportunity to say, let's use these 2 rac{1}{2} plus weeks a year of sick benefits, since they're usable for anything you want to use in the way of time off, let's use them for time off when you have a child, that, in fact that was turned down as not good enough by the Democrat majority.”