Kenny Hulshof: “the newly elected Republican Members of this body have faithfully and dutifully come to the floor each week to talk…”

“the newly elected Republican Members of this body have faithfully and dutifully come to the floor each week to talk about positive solutions to some of the Nation's problems. We have done this since February and we have talked about ideas to renew American communities, ways to reignite the era of big citizenship, even as we dismantle the era of big government. We have talked about ways that the Federal Government can be a partner rather than a parent. I think that the gentleman from Wisconsin, we would be happy to make him an honorary Member of the freshman class for this special order, but what we want to focus on is exactly what the gentleman from Wisconsin began with. It is true, Mr. Speaker, that some of us here in this Chamber are a bit bleary eyed from a lengthy day, and I see staff rolling their eyes, I think they share in that feeling, but what I want to do is make an announcement. The American people, Mr. Speaker, have gotten their money's worth. They got their money's worth first of all yesterday, in that we focused as a body on I think the single most important issue facing this country.”