Debbie Dingell: “I enjoyed the remarks of my good friend from California. I was so delighted to hear him. It ranks with the conversion of…”

“I enjoyed the remarks of my good friend from California. I was so delighted to hear him. It ranks with the conversion of St. Paul. I have not seen any lightning bolts, and I have not observed him riding a jackass, but I do want to say that my Republican colleagues have finally come around and supported Kennedy-Kassebaum. Wonderful. Great news. Having said that, I commend the gentleman for having had the scales removed from his eyes, and I urge him to support the same kind of glorious advances in other issues. It would be helpful. I also would say to him that he was talking about the days when the Democrats ran the Congress and now the days when the Republican run the Congress. This is the way things go, but I would say that the gentleman from California has an urgent and an important responsibility in this place and that is to pay the bills. I was just thinking the other day how nice it would be if my office rent were paid on time, if my suppliers were paid on time, if my telephone bills were paid on time, and if the bills of the other Members on both sides of the aisle were paid on time. And perhaps if the gentleman would just diminish to a small degree these wonderful partisan speeches which he makes and concentrate on paying the bills of the House, how much better this whole operation would be.”