Mark Souder: “I am an elected Member of Congress. I do not appreciate that I have been hearing, in 'Dear Colleagues,' in the Rules…”

“I am an elected Member of Congress. I do not appreciate that I have been hearing, in 'Dear Colleagues,' in the Rules Committee and on the floor that it was a staff-directed request. I had a survey problem in my district as I will bring out, with my children, as I stated in the markup in committee. My staff worked hard on this. The majority staff worked hard on this. I am not taking anything away from the fact that staff members were involved. I myself was a Republican staff director in the Children and Family Committee for a while, but I am a Member elected to Congress and I am the one who initiated the process.”