Kendrick Meek: “it is an honor once again being before the House. We would like to thank the Democratic leader for allowing us to have…”

“it is an honor once again being before the House. We would like to thank the Democratic leader for allowing us to have the time on the floor here, Nancy Pelosi; and Mr. Steny Hoyer, who is our Democratic whip; Mr. James Clyburn; Mr. John Larson, Mr. James Clyburn, the chairman of our caucus; Mr. Larson, who is our vice chair. Once again to come to the floor to share not only Democratic ideas but American ideas, to help push this country forward. Also, to point out some of the issues that are being thrown upon the American people by the Republican majority and their lack of working with the Democratic side of the aisle to bring about good policies for our country. Tonight I am joined by my good friend from Ohio, Mr. Tim Ryan, who is a great American. That is just not by my standards but by the people in his district and many people throughout the country. Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to be able to identify or point out the fact that once again this week the Republican majority tried to pass an unjust budget on the backs of the American people. Well, due to the fact that we, those of us on this side of the aisle and hopefully a couple of the Republicans on the majority side is saying no, saying no to the fact that we are here every day at the highest level that we can be without Members being absent from the floor to make sure that we vote en bloc against this Republican budget, that we will set America back versus moving it forward.…”