Political Quotes

“I am somewhat confused by some of the debate that we have heard on this rule. I would think that all Members would want to support the rule. First of all, it allows the Democratic substitute to be offered that deals with the issues that the gentlewoman from New York raised. These are very valid issues. It gives us a chance to debate on the floor today, or when this bill comes up, corporate governance issues. They are important issues. I agree with a lot of what the gentlewoman said, and the rule makes that in order. The second thing the rule does is allow us to make permanent the provisions in the pension bill of last year. I strongly support that, Mr. Speaker. Some of my colleagues have talked about the fact that this was truly a bipartisan bill. I think that is difficult for some people to understand, but it did go through the normal, regular legislative process. It was developed in a bipartisan way. It was developed by Congress. It was not part of the President's tax proposals. It came into the President's tax proposals because we had bipartisan support in this House and in the other body. It was well vetted.”