Political Quotes

“That's correct. It is a learning moment for me and perhaps many others out there. But I'll tell you, if you want to find out more about little people or abnormally small people or unusually small people, there is a Web site, there is a group actually called the Little People of America, and their Web site is at lpaonline.org. I went to that Web site this morning and looked through it, and I have been awakened to the sensitivities involved. And so anyone who I offended has my deepest apology. But, the analogy that I used, even though it used the wrong wording, was a great analogy in my personal opinion. And it is understood that when you put a big fish, a predatory fish, into a bowl with a small fish, that small fish has to learn how to get along with that big fish or else they'll get eaten. That's what the organization known as ALEC is all about, because it puts the legislators, individual legislators, in a group setting with the corporations, the big fish. And those legislators who are members of ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, they get together, and they do the work of the corporate big fish who are members of that organization. So last night, that's what we were talking about, and I'm going to yield back to Representative Schakowsky to resume this discussion, and I will participate as I can.”