Political Quotes

“Thank you very much for yielding. I want to thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for his leadership in the No Label Problem Solving group, and I really enjoy working with you. I came to Congress after serving in the Maine Legislature for 22 years--a place where Democrats, Independents, and Republicans did work together to get things done. The House Veterans' Affairs Committee also works on a bipartisan basis, and I'm proud to serve on the committee. Chairman Miller and myself work very well together, along with our committee members, to try to find solutions to the problems that our veterans are facing today. We are doing it in a nonpartisan way, and that's how things should work. However, I do remain concerned about Congress, and Washington as a whole. There is too much division, gamesmanship, and too little cooperation. But the group that you see here tonight on this floor that I'm speaking of is a group that actually gives me hope, a group of individuals, Republicans, Democrats, from all different facets of life, from different parts of the country, that are willing to sit down and work together to get things done. I'm very proud to join my fellow Problem Solvers because it's long past time to work together and get things done for the American people.”