Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I thank my colleague from Colorado for yielding me this time. Madam Speaker, I am going to talk about this rule and the underlying bill, but I have to say again, in response to our colleagues who were speaking just before we began this debate, those across the aisle who are in the majority by at least 39 votes, they are in the majority in the Senate also, and they cannot continue to say that Republicans are holding any bill hostage. We do not have the capability of holding bills hostage in this House, and it is really a concern of mine and some of my colleagues on this side of the aisle that our friends keep making that comment. They can bring a bill up any time they want to, just like we will be dealing with these five bills, six bills today. They can't blame Republicans for their inadequacies. {time} 1230 Madam Speaker, I have several concerns with the underlying bill that the Democrats have brought before us today. For a start, this bill is over 270 pages and costs over $5.7 billion; it is not PAYGO-compliant; it was written behind closed doors in the dark of night; it does not afford Republicans the opportunity to amend the legislation to improve the bill and to make it more responsible to the taxpayer; and it combines six pieces of controversial legislation of concern to my colleagues on this side of the aisle.…”