Kendrick Meek: “It has been wrong for a number of years. Guess what, Mr. Ryan? We came to the floor definitely within the last 2 years…”

“It has been wrong for a number of years. Guess what, Mr. Ryan? We came to the floor definitely within the last 2 years and since the creation of the 30-Something Working Group and brought this to the attention of the Members that this is wrong. You even called it Shakedown Street. We didn't even want to call it K Street, because it promoted too much. People laughed in their offices at us saying, look at them on the floor. They are talking about it. We are in control. This is no biggie. One article that I read, one Member that will go unnamed at this moment, we all know, had a little booking office. If you were not in the book, you did not get to see me, or that particular Member. So I think it is important, Mr. Ryan, that we make sure that Americans know and the American people know, no matter where they live, that under a Democratic-controlled Congress, and this is the message to the Members and the majority, because there are some Members in the majority that feel the way we feel, Mr. Ryan, but, unfortunately, the majority of the majority doesn't feel that way.…”