Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the reason that the folks on the other side of the aisle are pushing through this martial law rule, same-day rule, is because they have problems in their own caucus. As the gentleman says, they're still contemplating what it is they want to do. Unfortunately, when the Democrats maybe get together and decide what it is they want to do, then they're just going to spring a bill on us and not even give us a day to read the bill. They just want to bring it onto the floor immediately and then be able to deal with it because, again, they don't know what they want to do. They have dissension in their own caucus. Every time they can't get their act together, they blame it on the Republicans. They're totally in charge of this Congress, totally in charge of the executive branch, and yet every day we hear its the Republicans' fault that we can't get these things done. You all won't be bipartisan. We're very happy to be bipartisan. We're very happy to sit down and talk about what needs to be done. The American people are telling us every day. We're listening to what the American people are saying. It's obvious that the folks on the other side are not. This bill, Madam Speaker, authorizes such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to establish grants to States to help some of their costs. ``Such sums'' is a blank check. We have the worst fiscal crisis we have had in this country in a long, long time.…”