Kendrick Meek: “I think what is important, Mr. Ryan, is that we look at this thing for what it is, we look at it for what it is, and we…”

“I think what is important, Mr. Ryan, is that we look at this thing for what it is, we look at it for what it is, and we let it be known, because you know, it takes us a little while, Mr. Ryan, to kind of get ourselves in the grove of really talking about the situation at hand. The situation is, unfortunately, politics is overruling the governance of this country. It is almost like having someone at the dining room table, Mr. Ryan, that will continue to be disruptive when you are trying to have a decent conversation at the table. Now, let me just tell you, last night about 11 p.m., it was very interesting to hear some of the debate, about, you know, it wasn't about the fact that there was a lack of border agents in this bill or ICE agents or there was a lack of homeland security equipment to follow up on all the 9/11 recommendations. That wasn't the argument. It wasn't an argument that we were being weak on something. The argument was all about, well, you know, somebody told me that this is the procedure and I disagree with the procedure. This is the homeland security bill, and as we started to go through the process of showing that Democrats can govern, it was, well, how can we disrupt that process? Now, there are two things, Mr. Ryan, when you were talking that came to mind. The President has said, as a matter of fact, he hasn't said it, he sent a letter to the Speaker saying that if you send me a bill that is over the budget that I sent you, then I am going to veto it.”