Kendrick Meek: “Before I say something here as it relates what you just said, Mr. Ryan, I think it is important for us to at least look…”

“Before I say something here as it relates what you just said, Mr. Ryan, I think it is important for us to at least look at the argument that the President has not been able to make. He hasn't been able to make that Democrats on Capitol Hill are trying to do something that the American people should not do. We can't say that because 18 Republicans in the Senate supported the bill along with the Democrats. It is bipartisan. And 43 Governors, including 16 Republicans, are in support of the SCHIP bill and children's health care, and 270 organizations representing millions of Americans are in support. And a strong majority of the American people are in support. I have the quotes here, and I hope to put it on the 30-something Web site about what Republicans have said about the veto and even prior to the veto. I think it is also important to point out, Mr. Ryan and Mrs. Tubbs Jones, I think it is important for us not just to focus on the action of the President. We do have the opportunity to override.”