Political Quotes

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 241.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 218, noes 206, not voting 6, as follows: [Roll No. 700] AYES--218 Adams…

I did not come to the U.S. House of Representatives to vote for stimulus packages or bailouts. I didn't come here to spend trillions of dollars or grow the size of government. However, the situation we are in today, in the United States…

I might add that Nebraska, the State that I represent, actually is considered to be a donor State, as well, and there is great support for the SALT cap in Nebraska. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr…