Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, again I want to reiterate, I do appreciate working with Mr. Paulsen on this issue, and there is really no opposition from me in terms of the policy that we are attempting to put forward here on the floor today. We all agree on the merits of the bill. It is a good bill. I think you have heard that from the ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means, and you also heard it from the gentlewoman on the Energy and Commerce Committee, Ms. Eshoo. Obviously, Mr. Paulsen and I both agree that this bill has merit. It is a good bill. But I don't believe this will become law today. This bill, the one we are actually debating and we will have a vote on today, in and of itself, will not be enacted in its form today. We need to enact good policies but not punish our next generation with new debt. That is something I have been reiterating over and over again. So I will vote ``no'' today on this bill, even though I am the cosponsor of the bill. That is not the only reason why I will not support the underlying bill today, not just because of placing the debt and the burden of that debt on my children, our children, your grandchildren and great- grandchildren, but because of the fact that there are a number of crises going on in our country today that the Congress, the Republican Congress, simply can't get their hands around, and some are questioning whether they want to get their hands around them at all.…”