Patricia Schroeder: “every time I go out, people say, why can this body not be more bipartisan? I honestly do not think the problem is with…”

“every time I go out, people say, why can this body not be more bipartisan? I honestly do not think the problem is with this committee. We have just heard from the chairman and ranking member. They are not at each other's neck. Yet for people that watch C-SPAN, this is getting to be like ``Groundhog Day,'' the movie, where every day you get up and go through the whole same Groundhog Day again. Mr. Speaker, here we are, 6 months into this fiscal year, and this is the 11th continuing resolution. Kind of jump-starting it, week by week, as we sputter along. This one is only going to be for a week. At the rate we are going, we may be down to hours. Who knows, Mr. Chairman? You have the patience of a saint. I do not think these gentlemen are doing this to get time on C-Span either. I think they would just as soon have had this thing done and wrapped up and put away. What we are really talking about is we have had many times before where the Congress and the President disagreed and there were vetoes, but, you know what? We got together and worked it out. We have got a small minority within a majority refusing to let them get together and work it out, because they say that is capitulation. So when they say the President will not work with us, what they mean is the President will not capitulate to us. And how can the President? He is the President of all the people. The people are saying we do not want these environmental programs cut, we do not want education cut.”