Political Quotes

“I want to shift gears a little bit. I think that we have heard enough about one person's perspective. It is time to talk a little bit about how government might make it work a little bit better. Several weeks ago I gave a speech here on the House floor in which I sought to begin a dialog about the need for a new way of doing business in Washington. My remarks tonight will be a continuation of that dialog. All too often, Madam Speaker, debates here in Washington do not focus on real problems and real solutions that have to do with real people, people who are out in the neighborhoods, people who are back in the districts, people who want their lives improved and need that through better government. Debates become battles between extremes with each side employing hyperbole in order to make a point. Neither side bothers to really listen to the opposite point of view, and each side blasts the other with sound bites designed for partisan advantage. This extremism is creating false impressions, false questions, false choices and ultimately, I believe, faulty public policy because real problems and real solutions are not typically part of the debate. Madam Speaker, the time has come to stand back and say, ``Enough. Enough ideological extremism, enough rancorous partisanship, enough hyperbole in the debate.”