Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. There are some good things in this bill. I wanted to work with all of you to enshrine the good things and get rid of the bad things. We all did. We all offered it for years because Dodd-Frank is a good law, but it needs amending. We all agree. The limits are on it. We all have admitted that we just kind of picked them at the time. We were in a hurry, in a rush. But the amnesia around this place, I guess, is endemic. Maybe it is hard for you today to look people in the eye and say: Gee, maybe you can't afford that loan. But, for me, the hardest thing was looking people in the eye and saying: I am sorry you are losing your home. I am sorry you are losing your job. I am sorry your kids can't go to college because the economy just collapsed. The numbers are the numbers. But didn't you get those phone calls? Didn't you hear from any of your constituents? And what was your answer? Oh, the regulatory system is terrible. You didn't answer that. You tried to help, and you couldn't because the economy had gone down the toilet. If this bill passes, which it will--I know you wouldn't come to the floor unless you had the votes. I know that. I can count. When people ask you the next time we have an economic collapse, when they ask you what happened, here is the only answer you are going to be able to give them: I voted for this bill today. {time} 1415 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Francis Rooney of Florida).…”