Steve Scalise: “I thank the gentleman for the confession about how many 60th birthdays he has shared. Here is to many more for you, but…”

“I thank the gentleman for the confession about how many 60th birthdays he has shared. Here is to many more for you, but also for Bres. As the gentleman points out, a fair and free press is vital to democracy. It is the First Amendment to our Constitution: freedom of speech and freedom of the press. While they might not report our press releases verbatim all the time--as we might like them to--they serve a vital purpose. Bres is one of those that we see in the halls, like the press that is around here making sure that the country knows what is happening here in the greatest democracy of the history of the world. As a 60th birthday gift to him, I promise not to sing ``Happy Birthday'' to him. I wish Bres a happy birthday, and I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.”