Political Quotes

“Today, I would like to talk about the Green New Deal. This is a serious issue right now. It used to be a piece of legislation that most Republicans in the country laughed at and thought was some sort of high school project turned in as a House resolution, but it is actually something that America needs to take seriously because it is written in the infrastructure bill and it is written in the $3.5 trillion budget. So the Green New Deal is rapidly becoming a very real reality for America, which is tragic. The first thing I would like to talk about is that I am always shocked, as a freshman Member of Congress, in the dysfunction of Congress. You see, Mr. Speaker, tonight I am starting a speech that was difficult to schedule, not knowing when I would be able to start the speech based on the House floor constantly changing. But this is the order of affairs in Washington that is always shocking to me. I come from the private sector in the real world where people work every single day, do a good job, solve problems, and they make a profit. But the difference in the real world and what I would consider a very messed up world here in Washington, D.C., is here in Congress everything is upside down. We are not able to keep a schedule that runs well. As a matter of fact, it runs wrong most of the time. Another problem is that everything that is produced with the taxpayer dollars here in Congress produces a loss continuing to keep the American people in debt.…”