Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it is an interesting moment in our Nation's history, an interesting moment indeed, with a new Democrat majority coming to these hallowed halls of Congress. The American people spoke in November and they wanted a change. As someone who was formerly in the majority party, now in the minority party, I respect the power of democracy to change our Nation and change the direction of our Nation in important policy areas. I think some of that is going to be beneficial to our economy, and other proposals that the new Democrat majority are putting forward are going to be hurtful to our economy and to our national defense and our family security. But I think it is important that we talk today about some of the early actions of this new Democrat majority. During the campaign season over the last few years, the last 2 years, the Democrats campaigned on openness and accountability. They campaigned on many things. In the opening days of Congress, we have seen a far different reality than what they campaigned on over the last 2 years.”