Kendrick Meek: “And in 2005, $113 billion. Now I can tell you what is happening as it relates to whose side they are on. Now, one may…”

“And in 2005, $113 billion. Now I can tell you what is happening as it relates to whose side they are on. Now, one may say, Ms. Jackson-Lee, and I am glad that those of us here in the 30-something Working Group, we do our homework before we come to the floor. I can't say that about all Members that come to the floor as it relates to having the facts, because what is important here, Mr. Speaker, is the truth, facts where people can follow up, and not fiction. And folks are not used to that out of this majority, and not used to that here in Washington, DC, and that is what we are saying we want to provide. Because nothing is better than the truth. Because no matter what party you are affiliated with, we still salute one flag, thanks to our men and women that were in uniform, veterans, and those that are in uniform now. The least that we can do is be straight with them, and being straight with them is basically just saying, just recently, June 22, here on this floor, Democrats worked to raise the minimum wage, and this was appealing to the rule of the Chair by Mr. Rangel in a motion to offer the minimum wage increase. And he was ruled out of order. And it was appealed. And then the Republicans voted against us from having it on the floor by 229 votes to 195, and that is rollcall vote 313.…”