Bill Delahunt: “Could I just submit a hypothesis for a minute? You know, one of the leaders in the neoconservative movement, a Mr.…”

“Could I just submit a hypothesis for a minute? You know, one of the leaders in the neoconservative movement, a Mr. Grover Norquist, coined an interesting term called shrinking government, until it practically disappears. This neoconservative ideology, I suggest, is responsible for those statistics. Because what we have done in the past 6, 8 years, is reduced government to the point when no longer are we adequately enforcing our laws as well as our border. So what we see is a real problem that was created by this Republican majority working with a Republican President. Did you have a chance, by any stretch, to reading the lament of the former Speaker of this House, Mr. Gingrich?”