Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his comments. I want everybody to know that he is correct. He came to me to work in a bipartisan fashion. In fact, we have come to one another at various times to work in a bipartisan fashion. And I am pleased to work with the majority leader. I think the majority leader--as I have said with him not present and I will say it here today--is someone with whom I can work, have worked, and expect to work. I think he is honest and straightforward when he makes his representations to me, Mr. Speaker, so I want to thank him for that. But I want to reference all three of the issues that you just discussed. I am going to go in the opposite direction you went. The gentleman started out with the EPA. I am going to start out with the budget. As the gentleman I am sure knows, there is a $1.5 trillion asterisk in this budget: savings to be determined at some time in the future. Hooray. What courage. {time} 1300 What I am saying about the budget is we had a deal. We agreed, in a bipartisan fashion, an agreement that you and I both voted for. Mr. Speaker, we both voted for it. It wasn't what either of us probably wanted, Mr. Speaker, but it was an agreement. It was compromise. It was how this body should and does work. And the problem is we have had such great difficulty saying we are going to implement that agreement, notwithstanding what Speaker Ryan said just a few months ago. So from the budget standpoint, A, I don't share the gentleman's optimistic view, Mr.…”