Gilbert Gutknecht: “But we have had more than our share of fisticuffs that were associated with the debate here on the floor. We have also…”

“But we have had more than our share of fisticuffs that were associated with the debate here on the floor. We have also had periods where there was consensus building, cooperation, and much more agreement and ability to work together in a civilized way. I think what will happen as a result of what we saw in Hershey is hopefully both sides will begin to reach out to the other side. I think in the end what we really need to do is agree where we can agree, have honest debate where we disagree. And I think the American people expect that, but I think they also expect us to compromise where we can. Mr. Speaker, I would hope that over the next several months and over the balance of this 105th Congress we will see more civilized debate. There has been entirely too much trivializing, too much demonizing, too much personalizing the debate that occurs on the floor of this House. We are going to have an honest discussion tonight about the budget.”