Political Quotes

“I think we can all agree that we need to support smart regulation that protects investors and maintains orderly and efficient markets. But outdated, excessive, and unnecessary regulation where costs outweigh the benefits is just dumb regulation that overly burdens smaller companies. So let's provide some regulatory relief by enacting this bipartisan bill that will ease the burdens on small businesses and job creators to help foster capital formation and get Americans back to work. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am glad the gentleman from Michigan believes that closed rules are regular order--maybe in Russia, but that is not supposed to be the norm here in the people's House. We have an obligation to actually debate serious bills. Right now, my Republican friends are behind closed doors somewhere in the Capitol debating healthcare legislation. And what I am against is this whole process. This is backwards. My Republican friends ought to be out in the open debating health care. They ought to be doing hearings. This is what I am objecting to. In the scheme of things, this is a relatively minor piece of legislation, compared to my Republican friends' plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Yes, we should be debating Russia and all the ties that the Trump administration has with Russia. The question used to be: Who in the administration has ties with Russia? Now the question is: Who in this administration doesn't have ties with Russia?…”