Rob Andrews: “I think for 29 of our fellow citizens we have all engaged in an inexcusable failure.”

I think you are doing some of the most meaningful work in this Congress by your diligence here, and I am proud to be associated with it in a very minor way after the work you have done.

Reclaiming my time, the Senate passed a bill to keep the government running at your numbers that you wanted in budget. We are asking, give every Member of this House a fair up-or-down vote on that bill. Will you do that? I yield to the…

It is appalling. But, you know, when all seems lost, there are some metrics... that make you feel a little more optimistic.

I think you are doing some of the most important work in our country and you are all doing it very well.