Lateefah Simon: “Frankly, if I could vote to cut it off tomorrow, I am going to vote to cut it off tomorrow, because I think it is…”

“Frankly, if I could vote to cut it off tomorrow, I am going to vote to cut it off tomorrow, because I think it is getting nowhere. I think the American people understand that. But I think we have to recognize the political purposes. Why are we doing this? It is hard for me to come to any conclusion other than we are doing it for pure politics. Is not it true that there is an excessive amount of cynicism out here in our society today? I think one of the reasons for that excessive amount of cynicism is that we play partisan games around here. I am not saying the Republicans are the only ones guilty of that. We are guilty of it. Paul Simon has been guilty of it occasionally. But I think that is what makes the public cynical. They see us playing political games instead of dealing with the real problems. I think what you are trying to do is to say let us move on to the real problems.”