Kendrick Meek: “It is one thing, Mr. Speaker, it is really rough to be removed as chairman and then to be kicked off the committee that…”

Families that know what it means to punch in and punch out every day, some individuals that are really struggling in rural Florida, they need that tax credit, they need that assistance.

One of the things I want to bring to the attention of the Committee is that unemployment in Florida is 9.4 percent, and in other parts of the State it's even higher.

The bottom line is, you have your back up against the wall, you have to make a decision, you have to do it now.

We are not here drinking the tea. I mean, we are not here saying, Oh, let's just all link up together and flowers falling from the ceiling and all and that we are working in a bipartisan way. What we are doing is saying that we are working…