Political Quotes

“I will close with the words from the chairman of the Rules Committee last week: I take a back seat to no one on this issue. We will deal with this issue. We will come up with something quick, and I look forward to working with you. We need to move this bill expeditiously. I believe every word that he said. But it has been 7 days and the sole result of those meaningful words is nothing. We might have the luxury of another day. We might have the luxury of another 2. But that luxury is fast eroding, Madam Speaker. My friend from Massachusetts does take a back seat to no one when it comes to caring for children, which is why we are all counting on his leadership to move this issue forward with the seriousness that every Member of this institution believes it deserves. Madam Speaker, I urge my friends: Defeat the previous question. Let's have this conversation today, not tomorrow, not the next day. Let's fix today what we can fix today. Madam Speaker, success has an amazing way of making people feel better about themselves. Doing things that matter has an amazing way of making people feel better. It turns out, in this institution, Madam Speaker, success is incremental. {time} 1315 We do something well together today, we do something even bigger together tomorrow. Defeat this previous question.…”