Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to voice my strong opposition to H.J. Res. 42. I think most Americans are tired of hearing about what President Obama did or didn't do while, at the same time, it seems like it has been years since we had his stable leadership and we have been proceeding under the chaos of the current administration. It seems like much longer than 25 days. But I will tell you, the campaign is over. It was a long campaign. Throughout the entire campaign, the Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress, House and Senate, and we had the President who was a Democrat. So the Republicans complained that they weren't able to do anything and they needed a Republican President. Now they have a Republican President, and what have they done during this last 25 days in terms of a jobs bill? Not one, not one job created in the last 25 days. If the public goes back and looks over the calendar of proceedings for this body, they will find that it has simply been one regulatory bill after another, to change a regulation that was set during the Obama administration. That is all we have been doing over the last 3- plus weeks is trying to reverse regulations--not one affirmative bill that establishes one job. So what are they doing?…”