Rep. Rahm Emanuel said "My good friend from Buffalo, you may not get health care legislation done this year, you may not get educational reform this year, and for sure, you won't balance the budget. But this Congress will be remembered as the Congress that Jack and Tom built. Because the scandals continue to swirl around this institution. Until you do serious lobbying reform and close the loopholes, close the revolving door, have real transparency, real enforcement, this Congress, when that gavel comes down, which is intended to open the people's House, not the auction House, and you have allowed it to become an auction house, then this is the House that Jack built. Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, how much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The gentlewoman from California has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining; the gentleman from Michigan has 8 minutes remaining." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 5, 2006

My good friend from Buffalo, you may not get health care legislation done this year, you may not get educational reform this year, and for sure, you won't balance the budget. But this Congress will be remembered as the Congress that Jack and Tom built. Because the scandals continue to swirl around this institution. Until you do serious lobbying reform and close the loopholes, close the revolving door, have real transparency, real enforcement, this Congress, when that gavel comes down, which is intended to open the people's House, not the auction House, and you have allowed it to become an auction house, then this is the House that Jack built. Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, how much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The gentlewoman from California has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining; the gentleman from Michigan has 8 minutes remaining.

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Rep. Rahm Emanuel

Illinois

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