Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas. She raises several important points. One of the things that has struck me during my time here in Congress is that, under Republican reign, we have consistently seen government by crisis on one issue after the next. From the group of people that spend so much time messaging the point to the American people that they believe in fiscal responsibility, where is the fiscal responsibility in failing to put forth a budget consistent with the law that you supported? The other thing that amazes me--and the gentlewoman from Texas raised the point about the Supreme Court case that was argued earlier today on the immigration executive order issued by the President--I sit on the Judiciary Committee along with the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee and we hear almost every week about how lawless this President allegedly has been in terms of his time in office. Now, it is interesting to consistently hear the lectures about how lawless this President has allegedly been from people who believe that President Barack Obama exceeded his authority on January 20, 2009, the moment that he took the oath of office because there are folks who still cannot believe that this man is the President and leader of the free world. So I never buy that lawlessness argument. This is a group now that supports essentially undermining the Constitution over in the other house of this Congress.…”