Political Quotes

“I yield myself the balance of my time. Unfortunately, this has turned into, I guess, sort of a political ``gotcha'' game. If this was a sporting event right now, the umpire would probably come out, throw down the flag, and say a foul has been committed. It's kind of sad that bipartisanship has become a one-way street. No one has worked harder than I have to try to accommodate the other side of the aisle. Mr. Speaker, one of the former speakers said we had refused to work with the Democrats. That's not true. We took 60 percent of their recommendations. And one reason we took longer than I had hoped was to make certain that everybody had a fair and open opportunity. The process was completely open by going to the ranking member's district for the first hearing and all the way to the west coast. In the amendment process, I told Members that everyone would be heard and everyone would have an opportunity to offer an amendment. Yes, we sat for 18 hours. We took over 100 amendments from the other side of the aisle, and each of them was considered with the respect and dignity that every Member of this body should have before everybody. This is not true. Again, I just don't think it's fair. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bishop) came to the floor and said that I was the only one that had a copy of the bill. In fact, the irony of it is that Mr.…”