Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in support of my good friend and colleague's commonsense measure, and I want to thank Representative Lee for her leadership and her moral courage. I also would just say we have heard a lot with respect to objections around the process. Long before I got here, Representative Lee, as I understand it, secured a similar amendment in an appropriations bill just a few years ago. In the dead of night, the prior Speaker of the House struck that amendment out of the bill, and I didn't hear many process objections at that time from so many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. If folks want to have an honest debate, let's have that honest debate. For my part, I support this measure and what it represents. I believe it is ultimately about the need to underscore to this administration the constitutional limitations placed on its authority, a reminder that is necessary because of this President's reckless foreign policy and his refusal to engage Congress in the authorities placed with us by the Founders. This Chamber is often referred to as the ``people's House,'' elected by the people, charged to represent the people and to govern for the people. The Founders, the Framers, in their infinite wisdom, decided to rest the solemn power to declare war with the Congress as the people's House, and yet, for the better part of the last 18 years, this Chamber has abdicated its traditional role. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”