Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In addition to moving forward the Homeland Security bill under an open rule--which would have strong bipartisan support, and I praise my colleagues on the Rules Committee and hope that this is the first of many open rules. In addition to moving forward the Homeland Security bill under the rule, this rule includes language ``deeming'' the Ryan budget passed. That's right. We're voting once again on the same plan that the American people resoundingly rejected in last week's special election in New York. If this rule passes, the Ryan budget, which ends Medicare, will become the final, enforceable budget on the House side until a conference report is adopted, which is unlikely to happen in this Congress, especially if the House Republicans continue to insist on the end of Medicare as a condition of passing a final budget. A ``yes'' vote on this rule is a ``yes'' vote on the Ryan plan and a ``yes'' vote to eliminate Medicare. Now, this is the sixth time in 36 years that the House and Senate will fail to adopt a budget, and the House has used deeming resolutions in the past. However, never has a deeming resolution been used for such a tremendous policy change, namely, the elimination of Medicare. As then-Minority Leader John Boehner said, ``This legislative trick has been around for a long time, but it's never been used for a bill so controversial and so massive in scope.'' Now that, Mr.…”