Joe Crowley: “It will be difficult, if not impossible, for me and many other Democrats to support a package that is financed by…”

I think the American people, they are looking for transformation in government. And this is a transformative time.

In case the gentleman was going to yield back, I just want to thank my staff as well, both those who worked back in 2004 to help pass the original legislation, and my staff today. In particular, I want to thank my chief of staff back home…

He's got to be really -- he's flailing already. You can see how he's attacking Kristen Welker, you know, she's partisan, she's this, she's that, almost like setting up the debate for failure, that it's already going to be a failure for him…

It's so obnoxious, so obscene to see him actually pushing the Justice Department to go after his political enemies.