Political Quotes

“Well, as eyes are glazing over, for clarity, there were many rules where every single Democrat amendment was included. So if you want to call it a modified rule, closed rule--for people watching, when Republicans and Democrats go to the Rules Committee to try to amend a bill, when every single Democrat amendment is allowed in, that is an open process. Today, for example, the only rule today, over 30 Republican amendments were shut out--over 30 were shut out. So, many times we had rules where every single Democrat amendment was allowed. In the last Congress, more Democrat amendments were allowed than Republican amendments. But this, hopefully, can get addressed and corrected, and maybe when we get to an appropriations process, it will be more fair in that regard. With that, I look forward to next week, hopefully get some of those things done. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________”