Kendrick Meek: “Yes, that is the next President's issue. Mr. Speaker, we talked about the other night, Mr. Ryan and I were talking, and…”

“Yes, that is the next President's issue. Mr. Speaker, we talked about the other night, Mr. Ryan and I were talking, and the next thing you know, it is like Mr. Ryan or my constituents walking up to me in Miami and saying, hey, Congressman, you really need to do something about economic development. Well, that is for the next Member of Congress. It is not for me. So the real issue is this: Do we want to represent the people that have fought that are veterans, and the American people that are paying taxes for us to be able to salute one flag here today? Or do we want to represent someone that is publicly on the stock market that has an issue that wants to use the U.S. taxpayer dollar to carry on their business when they are making record profits, when they are doing very little as it relates to investment? So we have to make sure that the rubber hits the road and that everyone understands. Because we know there is going to be a big marketing campaign going on later on this year about who is doing the best job up here in Congress. And what I am seeing of the polling numbers and what people are saying and how they are concerned, the party has nothing to do with it. It has everything to do with governance. And, Mr.…”