Steny Hoyer: “Far too often, as I have said so many times on this floor, the public turns on C-Span and they see confrontation.…”

“Far too often, as I have said so many times on this floor, the public turns on C-Span and they see confrontation. Sometimes they even see vitriol directed at one another. What they do not see often enough is the human relationships of which the gentlewoman from Washington [Ms. Dunn] spoke. What they do not see is the commitment and dedication of the folks who sit at the desk and stand on the floor to ensure that in the context of the confrontation of philosophies and ideas, that there is a semblance of order which allows us to do the people's business, which allows this people's House to act in the finest traditions of democracy.”