Kendrick Meek: “The facts are what the facts are. Some individuals say it is what it is. And the bottom line is we have a rubber-stamp…”

“The facts are what the facts are. Some individuals say it is what it is. And the bottom line is we have a rubber-stamp Republican majority. I do not spend a lot of time, Mr. Speaker, talking about what the White House should have done and what they did do or whatever the case may be because I am a Member of Congress; so by my being elected in the 17th Congressional District, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, right next to your district, by the people of South Florida, they federalized me to come to the Congress to do what? Carry out Article I, section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. That means the legislative body has oversight and is the investigative body. We are not doing any of those. Let me just take a moment. Today we had a number of visitors to the Capitol. The American Cancer Society came to the Capitol. A number of survivors came to the Capitol. They have a walk that is going on right now outside on the Mall near the reflection pool of the Capitol. I want to commend them for their efforts for coming here to Washington, D.C. I want to also say they have a Wall of Hope out there for those individuals that are survivors and those individuals that have passed on.”