Political Quotes

“I think it is obvious that this bill is targeted at the current President, Barack Obama, because it affects him during the period between the next election and when the next President, whoever she is, takes office next January. Clearly, that is the President that it is targeted after. I have never heard these Republicans have the same concerns about either President Bush or any prior Presidents, as has been done systematically against this particular President, that prevented him from doing his authority that this body has sent him bills to do. He is doing his job, and we should let him do his job until the next President takes office. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, we will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up the nonpartisan no fly, no buy legislation that will allow the Attorney General to bar the sale of firearms and explosives to those on the FBI's terrorist watch list. The Republican majority refused even debate closing this glaring loophole for the first half of the year. Only after Democrats took action did the Republicans decide to propose a toothless version of this bill that will do nothing to keep our communities safer. This country can't wait any longer for Congress to take meaningful action on this issue. We are happy to have a discussion if we want to talk about how we can have better transparency and oversight of these lists and ensure that due process is followed.…”