Kendrick Meek: “This working group that we have plays a very important role in making sure that the Members know that we in the minority…”

“This working group that we have plays a very important role in making sure that the Members know that we in the minority party here in this House know exactly what they are doing and what they are not doing. And I can tell you that it is just so powerful, and it serves, to our benefit politically if the country did not have to suffer. You know, as an American I must say, gentlemen, that politically we could just say, well, let us go home. Let us not come to the floor, Mr. Speaker, and share with the Members about what they are not doing and what we should do. Come to the floor and share our proposals from the Democratic side that will fall on deaf ears on the other side, because they do not want to hear our ideas, gentlemen, they just want to criticize what we are trying to do to save this country of ours. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan) mentioned earlier that all they are doing is weakening the country. Now, the facts are, like it or not, Members, on the Republican majority side, like it or not, the bottom line is is that the 9/11 Commission put out a report card. And the Republican majority gets a big fat F because we have been, and as ranking member of oversight on the Homeland Security Committee, we have worked time after time again and put forward proposal after proposal to make sure that U.S. cities are prepared for a terrorist attack. Interoperability. Mr. Speaker, I want to break that down for the Members.…”