Political Quotes

“Reserving the right to object, my friend on the Rules Committee has made a commitment this year, which he has been following through on, to try to bring order to an otherwise fairly chaotic process up there. This is clearly just a clerical error, and it is one that we all worked through together last night, so I have no objection to the gentleman's amendment request. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The reservation of objection is withdrawn. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts? There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his kindness. Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 445. It provides for consideration of H.R. 3055 under a structured rule that makes 290 amendments in order. It also provides for 1 hour of general debate controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. Madam Speaker, this appropriations process represents a clean break from the way the Republicans ran this place. They furthered an agenda that was like Robin Hood in reverse, giving to the rich by stealing from the poor. This Democratic majority has a radical idea that the people's House should, instead, work for the people, not the wealthy and the well- connected, but all Americans. You can see these values in the underlying appropriations measure.…”