Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1734. This has been a bipartisan bill all the way through. It's something we've worked on for well over a year now, including having the President, OMB and the administration working directly with us on this bill. It is something that is important for the American taxpayer. We have enough partisan divide here. To be able to find something that cuts waste, something that brings in revenue without raising taxes, and just a more efficient way of doing business is something that both Republicans and Democrats should agree on. But certainly politics enters into many different situations. As of Friday, we had a bipartisan agreement. I was willing to accept all of the various amendments, including the amendment to NEPA, including the homeless amendment. We've accepted the amendments on several different occasions. First, it was a $2 million exemption for homeless to be able to grab a $2 million piece of property. Then it was renegotiated to $3 million, and then five million. Why the homeless would need a $5 million piece of property is beyond me. But in the sense of bipartisanship, we were willing to agree to that. So that amendment is still on the floor today. We still accept that amendment. We stand by our word. But the other side has decided to interject politics into this, and we will see how that works out in the future. But the last issue I wanted to just touch on was clarifying an important point about the savings of this bill.…”