Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding. The State of Washington is cutting the working health care for the working poor? That's what we heard a minute ago. But wasn't it just an argument just a couple of months ago, Mr. Chair, that if this body took up the ObamaCare that basically the birds were going to be chirping and the sun was going to come out and the clouds were going to part and the economy was going to be fabulous and we were not going to have another health care problem again? But what happened? Running ramrod through this body ended up a job-killing health care bill, and now we're wringing our hands. It's amazing to me. Back when I was in the Illinois General Assembly, Mr. Chair, I used to practice law, and there was one time when I filed a motion at a courthouse and I approached a judge, and he knew that I was a legislator. And with a twinkle in his eye, he said, Well, Mr. Roskam, let's see how you voted on the judicial pay raise, and he kind of looked underneath his blotter. He was teasing me, and I quickly said, Well, Your Honor, I voted ``no'' but I hoped ``yes.'' He thought about that for a second and he said, Motion granted. Now, I hope today there's a whole lot of show business going on here, because I hope today, Mr.…”