Zoe Lofgren: “when I told my 10-year-old last night that Ringling Brothers was coming to the House, he laughed out loud. I told him…”

“when I told my 10-year-old last night that Ringling Brothers was coming to the House, he laughed out loud. I told him that it was highly appropriate. After all, we have our own ringmaster, we have our own clowns. I heard yesterday that a Member of the other body asked what do we do, how do you stop an elephant if they go berserk in the Capitol? Well, I understand he was talking about the need for assault weapons here in the Capitol. The next thing you know, we will be hunting giraffes. But the real issue is that the elephants have gone berserk in the Capitol; it is called the contract on America. How do you stop them? There is an election in 18 months. Until then, it is bread and circuses here in our three-ring circus.”