Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I appreciate being recognized to address you here on the floor of the House. And I remind you, Mr. Speaker, that these deliberations here represent the most deliberative body in the world. And that's the argument that we've made for years. And even though it's not as deliberative as it was before Speaker Pelosi took the gavel, we still have some discussion time down here. We still have Special Orders. We still have 60 minutes and alternating hours between Democrats and Republicans when both sides do show up for those alternating hours. But tonight that's not the case. This is the wrap-up and the finish of the week, Mr. Speaker. And many have gone to the airport and caught a plane and gone home to their district or wherever they might go. But I don't think enough has been said yet this week. It's been a relatively short week, and not a particularly trying or testing week with anything that stands out here as significant accomplishment. But I'm watching still as policy moves in America. And the policy that has been shoehorned through this House of Representatives and become the law of the land has caused the American people to fill up my town hall meetings. We were not here on Monday. We didn't gavel in until, well, we gaveled in on Tuesday, and the first votes were sometime about 6:30 on Tuesday evening, so the work week is Tuesday evening for two or three votes. We call it naming post offices. That was the level of the significant suspension calendar.…”