Political Quotes

“I thank my friend. I hope folks were paying close attention. What you have are two members of the freshman class on the floor right now, Mr. Speaker, and what you heard from my freshman colleague was, when can we come together? What you heard from my freshman colleague was, ``I don't want to do it if it's about party. I don't want to do it if it's about Chamber pride. I want to do it because it's the right thing for the American people.'' Is that what you're reading, Mr. Speaker, in the newspaper, about what this freshman class is doing? Is that what you're reading in the newspaper about what this Congress is doing? Because having sat here now for one year, I can tell you that's what is going on here today. Republicans are in the majority, Mr. Speaker. With the power of your gavel, you could demand that the House bill be the only bill that anybody considers, that it's our way or the highway. Who cares what the Senate has to say. We're in the majority. We're doing it our way. You could do that, Mr. Speaker. But that's not the advice and counsel that my colleague from Wisconsin gives. The advice and counsel that my colleague from Wisconsin gives is, we've done the very best we can in this Chamber. Work product that we're proud of.…”