Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this committee and also for the tutorial that he gave us earlier today about how we got to this spot. I think it is important because, for most Americans listening out there, what you are witnessing is the tyranny of the majority. What I mean by that is, when the minority doesn't get an opportunity to bring forth witnesses, to have hearings--and you heard Mr. Neal talk about the more than 30 hearings in the committee, the more than 12 subcommittee hearings, the 450-plus experts that we never got to hear from--you understand the position that we find ourselves in. As I said earlier, this impacts 100 percent of our economy and 100 percent of our people. We all swear an oath of allegiance to the Constitution, but apparently on the other side, they swear an oath of allegiance to Grover Norquist because that is more important than fulfilling our constitutional responsibility and going through regular order and having the experts. It is more important to take a pledge to Mr. Norquist and pass something politically in as pure a bare-knuckle way as you possibly can without any amendments being made in order and rushing the bill to the floor in haste, without any concern for the ramifications that it has other than fulfilling a pledge to Mr. Norquist, and also a pledge, as we have heard from some of their Members, to their donor base. That is what has frustrated us on this side of the aisle. I think Mr.…”