Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. And now that the Senate has a little more free time, maybe we can get them to take up some of that legislation. I surely hope that we, on both sides, will continue working toward those, because there are areas of common ground that many have found and many have worked for months to find. I do want to shift gears and talk about the decorum the night of the State of the Union. The President talked about many things, as in any State of the Union, and I have attended 10 now. We have had Republican and Democrat Presidents, and there are things that I agree with in certain States of the Union, and you can stand, you can sit, you can applaud. But I think we all saw something that goes way beyond and, in fact, violates the rules of decorum in the House, and that is when the Speaker ripped up the speech. Clearly, it was a premeditated move. I have seen actual video of her practicing or starting to rip it prior to the end of the speech. But when you go through the speech--and, again, the President's theme was ``the great American comeback,'' and he talked about things that are working well in our country, working well for everybody, where every segment of society is benefiting, and, of course, as every President since Ronald Reagan has done, highlighting some of those great things that are happening in our country by bringing people into the gallery to show the real face on some of these great things that our country does.…”