Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate the argument, and this is why we have this time. But I do want to just remind again, from my previous statement, bringing up a bill last Congress reminds me of back when I used to coach kids in football. There was always that struggle you wanted to put as many kids in, you wanted everybody to play, and you still wanted to win the game. There was that balance that you always had. It reminds me of one time it happened to be one of my own kids. Now, that is pretty hard when you are coaching one of your own kids and you get to the end of the game and you didn't put him in like you thought you were going to because the time had run out on the game. And you go to him--fortunately, he was my son. I was driving home, and I said, ``I am sorry.'' I called his name and I said, ``I am sorry I didn't get you into the game. The time had run out, but I had every intention of getting you into the game.'' That is about like saying last Congress when the Senate was Democrat but the House was Republican and we have different ideas and different views that we are bringing forward. I simply go back to the time when that did not exist, when time was still on the clock and they chose not to do anything. Also, it is a good distracter from what we are talking about today: cities enforcing laws, finding solutions, and doing so.…”