Political Quotes

“Reclaiming my time. In the last few moments that we have in our discussion, which I think has been a great discussion, and once again I thank the gentlemen for joining me this evening. You know, we are in the final hours of this, it would appear. And we don't know if it is going to pass or not. I suspect that if the votes were there, we would be voting on it today. So I do think that the American people still have an opportunity to reach out to those who have not committed, and even those who have. You know, we don't have even one single Republican that has voted for any of this except for one, and even he is not going to vote for it this time. So this is not a bipartisan bill except to the extent of its opposition. We have the Republicans, we have a good group of Democrats, and also particularly pro-life Democrats, and the American people. But, unfortunately, we have a big enough group, a large enough group, if you will, of Democrats who feel through their arrogance they can still trump the American people and those others. And, you know, when you are talking about monumental legislation, Mr. Speaker, we are not talking about a small little bill that maybe it is a financial bill and maybe there are some little deals that have to be made in the back so that we can pull a couple more votes. We are talking about a fundamental bill, perhaps the most important that has been voted on in more than 40 years that affects every American in the most intimate way.…”