Political Quotes

I thank my very good friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, so you are in the lunchroom at work. This guy comes in from the investment house, and he shows 18 slides about the red fund-- smiling people who are on fishing trips and on European…

I thank my friend for yielding. The President of the United States has spent weeks of his term negotiating with the Republican Party. What he has been confronted with each time is a demand to either shut the government down or default on…

I would like to thank Chairman McKeon and Ranking Member Smith for all their hard work on this bill. In the spring of 2011, a very brave band of Americans executed a mission that brought the country to its feet in ending the reign of…

And colleagues, I think the best way to resolve this debate is to ask a simple factual question. There are two approaches here. The majority approach wants to pass this piecemeal bill. We want--``we,'' meaning the entire Democratic Caucus…