Nancy Pelosi: “I rise to comment on the CR that is before us until October 6. We have many visitors to the Capitol, Mr. Speaker; and…”

“I rise to comment on the CR that is before us until October 6. We have many visitors to the Capitol, Mr. Speaker; and many of them, when they come to our office, they talk about a book we all read in grammar and high school, How to Make a Law. Well, we might as well tear those books up and throw them away, although I usually am averse to such a notion, because it simply does not apply anymore. Any observer of the activities of this Congress will know that the regular order where the public can view the making of our legislation in an orderly way, in a way in which they can participate in a predictable manner, is a thing of the past. Only two bills will have been signed by the President by the time we reach the end of this fiscal year and in time for the start of the new fiscal year. Why? Well, because of the politics of the Republican caucus.”