Frank Pallone: “Again, the biggest concern I have is that so much time was wasted on this debate. The Republicans basically knew this…”

“Again, the biggest concern I have is that so much time was wasted on this debate. The Republicans basically knew this was going nowhere, so what happens? We are back here again today. They have not accomplished anything in terms of trying to achieve any of these goals relative to education, HMOs, or Social Security. The issue is how to deal with Social Security in the long run and try to shore up Social Security for the future. Instead, they waste all this time again, forcing us into a situation where we are going to be back in session here tomorrow. There is no budget, there is so little time, and basically they are saying, look, do not worry about it. Go home. A do-nothing Congress is fine with us. We take pride in it. It is just very upsetting. I think the only thing we can do is keep doing what we are doing now, keep demanding something be done. Mainly, I think the education initiative is something we can try to achieve over the next few years.”