Lynn N. Rivers: “I took this picture off the wall of my office. I purchased it several years ago from a high school art competition in my…”

“I took this picture off the wall of my office. I purchased it several years ago from a high school art competition in my district. It was produced by Jeff Vogelsberg, a student at that time in a high school in my district. As my colleagues can see, or maybe they cannot see, it is a picture of a car made out of money that has lassoed and is taking away the Capitol of the United States. We have a saying in our language, ``out of the mouths of babes,'' which really speaks to the sort of pure and perfect insight of children, the ability to get to the nub of the issue. And, in fact, Madam Chairman, this is how our children see us. And it is, of course, these children who will grow up and write the history books of the future. And what do my colleagues think they will have to say about us? How will we be portrayed? Will this Congress be portrayed as supporters of a system with integrity and honor, or one of money that is so powerful it can pull the Capitol of the United States from its very foundation? Support Shays-Meehan.”