John Mica: “Right now the Congress of the United States is at an 11 percent approval rating. And, unfortunately, the actions dealing…”

“Right now the Congress of the United States is at an 11 percent approval rating. And, unfortunately, the actions dealing with our veterans and military appropriations measures is going to, I think, further erode public confidence in this body. Right now in what is going to play out in the next number of hours, our military and our veterans, unfortunately, will be held hostage. Unfortunately, too, our veterans and our military are going to suffer from this, all in an attempt to try to, I guess, embarrass the President of the United States. But in turn we will be embarrassing, and further eroding confidence in, this House. We need to work together to pass in a bipartisan effort the funding for our troops and our veterans and stop the political games.”