Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan), the chairman of the committee, says we don't like what the American people did. Well, obviously we don't. We lost the election. Relevant to this bill is we don't like what Mr. Jordan did. We don't like what the Republican leadership did in refusing to bring the Senate bill to a vote before the election. We begged them to. Darrell Issa begged them and begged Mr. Jordan. I did. Hank Johnson did. We said to bring it to the floor before the election. It will pass unanimously, and we will have the judges that we need because if it is not brought to the floor until after the election, one party or the other is going to oppose it. Mr. Speaker, we are objecting to this bill not because we object to what the American people did but because we object to what Mr. Jordan and the Republican leadership did. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Ivey).”