Kendrick Meek: “When we start talking about what Republicans are saying, prominent Republicans, the chart that you had up with Newt…”

“When we start talking about what Republicans are saying, prominent Republicans, the chart that you had up with Newt Gingrich saying they are seen by the country as being in charge of a government that can't function, number one, Mr. Speaker, he is saying ``they.'' ``They'' means he is separating himself and he no longer knows the Republican Congress that he gave birth to and that he was the Speaker of. I guess all along the game plan was when we get really in the majority, let's get some years down the road that people forget about the Contract with America, and we will start catering to the special interests. What is so unfortunate here is that the fiscal irresponsibility that has taken place in this Chamber, in the committee rooms down the hall, Mr. Speaker, across the hall, in the White House, has taken this country in a direction that it has never been in in the history of the Republic. {time} 2045 I am not talking about in the 108th Congress or the 107th Congress or the 93rd Congress. I am saying in the history of the Republic, this Republican Congress and the President have taken us down the road. Now, I just want to say this to my colleagues, those that are Republicans and the one Independent that we do have here. This is not a local, Democratic club. This is the U.S. Congress. And we are here to share fact and not fiction, because we believe that the American people should be leveled with.…”