Political Quotes

“First of all, I want to commend Mr. Waxman and thank him for leading us on the subcommittee in such a profound and effective way, leading the minority on the subcommittee and also on the full committee. Mr. Chairman, this is much to-do about nothing. As a matter of fact, I would strongly urge the members of this committee and the members of the majority side of the committee to get on their feet and apologize to the American people for this waste of time, energy, and resources because this piece of legislation that we have before us is legislation that doesn't solve any of the American people's problems, that doesn't acknowledge any of their concerns, and that certainly doesn't speak to the pain that they are suffering day to day, moment by moment, week by week as we stand here posturing solely for a few political points in the November election. I would ask the Members of this body to refer to comments made just about 30 days ago in USA Today. It was an article dated August 15, 2012, entitled, ``This Congress could be least productive since 1947.'' The authors analyzed records of the U.S. House's Clerk's Office and determined that, in 2012, a measly 2 percent of the close to 4,000 bills introduced by Members of the 112th Congress became law--that 2 percent of 4,000 bills actually became law. We are not proud of these figures.…”