Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I think it has been clear--and we actually have some bipartisan agreement here--about what this bill lacks. This bill does not do anything about hundreds of people sneaking across our southern border every day. It does nothing to reunite American families. It does nothing to end over 2 million deportations that have occurred during the Obama administration. It also does nothing to address the imminent hikes in flood insurance that many Americans face, including Americans in my home State of Colorado, if Congress fails to act. So what does this bill do that has preempted Congress instead of dealing with illegal immigration? instead of dealing with flood insurance? It creates additional Federal Government bureaucracy. It takes one person's job and turns it into a commission of five people who will endlessly debate things rather than decide things. What if one is sick and what if there are four at work and it is deadlocked 2-2, and then the other one comes in and one is missing because the appointment is held up? Do we really need to have more government regulators in charge of this Federal agency, Mr. Speaker? That is exactly what this bill does. One person can do the job. How many companies in this country are run by a panel of five co- CEOs? I don't know of a single one. Why would we want to run a Federal agency like that?…”