Political Quotes

“That is correct. And I know those pieces of legislation are just resolutions, not actual policy. And, ultimately, if we are going to make the stand, it has to be legislation with teeth, with actual authorizing language and with the ability for us to give true support to our friends--not just words, but actions as well. So, hopefully, we can move both, and I would just continue to urge. And the gentleman from Maryland's support for Israel is unquestioned and has been admired by people on both sides. I would just urge that we, as a House, move those bills, one or both of the actual substantive bills, to the floor as quickly as possible, as they have already moved through the Senate. S. 1 had 77 votes in support--so, strongly bipartisan--coming out of the Senate, but still no referral in the House. Hopefully, we can get that expedited. And with that, on the idea of legislating by resolution, I know that has been a growing trend in this Congress of this majority to move, instead of substantive bills to deal with things like lowering healthcare costs or helping create more jobs. There have been a lot of bills that are just press releases, resolutions that don't actually change law or help change policy or work in a bipartisan way to get bills to the President's desk that can address the growing issues that our country faces. Are we going to see a continued trend in this majority of just resolutions, or are we going to finally get to bipartisan policy on some of these big issues?…”