Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. I always try to be positive. There is one thing I do agree on with my friend from Colorado just now, and that is that we can do better. We can do better about explaining what is actually going on here and talking about it in derisive terms, especially about a bill in which there was--I serve on the Judiciary Committee--there was one amendment brought to committee. This bill seems to be fairly tight because there seems to be general agreement here. There was one committee amendment brought to the committee, and it was withdrawn. Then there was an amendment process put out. It is interesting that, from this Antitrust Modernization Commission, there were 78 other ideas. And then, when my friend just spoke about the fact that, if we had an open rule on the floor, they might bring up 78. I would just ask him where was he yesterday. We have talked about showing up for work. Maybe he didn't punch in last night. He could have brought 78 amendments last night to the Rules Committee. He chose not to. So we can do better. We can honestly discuss the procedures and the fact that right now, while he and I are on the floor discussing this rule and preparing for this rule, the rest of the 433 Members of the House of Representatives--432 now--I think we still have one open seat--are in committees right now. They are meeting constituents. They are marking up bills.…”