Political Quotes

“I am appealing to the House because I have heard on too many occasions from too many Members of this body that we are not given the chance to do what is right. At every town meeting we attend, when people ask, how do these unfair things continue to happen, do Members know what we have to say? We have to say, it is the committee system, the Speaker, the Committee on Ways and Means committee. They will not let us do that. They do not understand that. They cannot find in the Constitution of the United States where it somehow makes some Members of Congress better than other Members of Congress; where just a few Members of Congress can decide whether or not 435 Members, who were each elected by over half a million American citizens, that they cannot even decide on basic questions of right and wrong when it comes to trade issues. I am asking the Members of this body to step up to the plate. I am asking them to do tonight what they tell their constituents at their town meetings. That is, do what is right, regardless of what the Committee on Ways and Means wants, regardless of what the Speaker wants, regardless of what the Democratic leadership wants or the Republican leadership wants. For once, let us do what America wants. Tonight is the Members' chance. I am asking for that opportunity.”