Political Quotes

“Wow. Was treating another Member with dignity so hard, Madam Speaker? I don't believe it was. You see, you are right. It is within your sole discretion to recognize a Member. But you chose to exercise the power of the gavel, Madam Speaker. Therein lies the problem. I am here. The chairman is not here. He wants a bill brought under suspension that was not gone through regular order of the committee over the objections of the ranking Republican. That is an abuse of the process. As a matter of fact, he wants to bring a bill under suspension and then do this sort of political treachery of doing a manager's amendment, and I object to it all. And he is not even here to do it. So what I am asking is, Madam Speaker, for regular order. If he is not here to pull off this political stunt, then we should just proceed and this bill should be withdrawn. It is the right thing to do by the American people to stop these tactics. I yield back the balance of my time.”