Kendrick Meek: “To the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts and also the gentleman from Ohio and the gentlewoman from Florida, I…”

“To the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts and also the gentleman from Ohio and the gentlewoman from Florida, I just want to say that our whole reason for coming to the floor is to be able to share with the Members what is happening right now under the Capitol dome, not what happened 6 months ago, but what is happening today or a couple of days ago, and about how we can correct ourselves. The other message is letting not only other Members know, Madam Speaker, but the American people know that we are ready to lead. I always use the football analogy by saying, I am going to buy Debbie Wasserman Schultz a mouthpiece because she is ready to go. And I can tell you, there are a number of people, Madam Speaker, who are ready to lead. Have you ever heard of ``lead or get out of the way''? We are willing to do that. Do you want to talk about plans? This is just one binder of plans. Do you want to talk about innovation? Do you want to talk about homeland security? Do you want to talk about Iraq? Do you want to talk about education? Do you want to talk about health care? Do you want to talk about respecting our veterans and giving them the health care that we said we would give them? Do you want to talk about military families being dealt with in a way that they should be dealt with; and the men and women who are in harm's way, equipment for our troops? Do you want to talk about those things? Well, other folks can talk about it. We are ready to act.…”