Virginia Foxx: “I want to thank the distinguished gentleman from California, the chairman of the Rules Committee, to whom we all look…”

“I want to thank the distinguished gentleman from California, the chairman of the Rules Committee, to whom we all look for wisdom, especially at times like this. I think he has been extraordinarily generous in his comments this morning in talking about the bipartisan approach. We all praised the chairman and the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee early this morning when the Rules Committee was meeting. It is important that we celebrate the bipartisan nature of this bill. As everybody will say I'm sure today, it's not a perfect bill that's coming up. It's not pleasing everybody. It's pleasing very few people. But it is sausage-making and rulemaking at its finest. And I appreciate the fact that it is the Christmas season and we want to be a little friendly to each during this time, as we are when we're in our home districts. We are here in Congress, too; and, so, I'm mindful of the season and I'm mindful of the fact that we have reached a bipartisan agreement. But I do want to say to my colleagues across the aisle, there's an old saying that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Again, as my colleague from California said, we're not happy that we have a rather large bill and a somewhat short perspective in time to deal with it. But this bill was out there on Monday, as he pointed out.…”