Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I commend him for his extraordinary leadership on behalf of America's working families. He has demonstrated a long-term, consistent dedication to their well- being. Mr. Speaker, I return to the floor. I spoke on the rule earlier. But I listened attentively to the debate, and I think a few points need to be made, and I will do that very briefly. It is clear that the Republicans, in using the pipeline, are trying to change the subject. The subject at hand is, we have a proposal from the President of the United States which has within it proposals that have had bipartisan support over a period of time on how to have a payroll tax cut that benefits many middle-income families in our country, that respects that some people are out of work through no fault of their own and need unemployment insurance, and that our seniors want to have the doctor of their choice, and that issue has to be addressed here. The fact is is that because of the way the rules were set up--not to go into process--but the Republicans said, You are not even going to be able to bring the President's and the Democratic proposals to the floor. Instead, we are going to bring ours to the floor. But so that the public doesn't really understand the difference between the two, we are going to have a smokescreen go out there, a smokescreen of confusion by talking about the pipeline. And this is very interesting because this isn't about the pipeline.…”