NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I would say the debate is somewhat enlightening, except there seems to be far more heat of that aforementioned…”

“I would say the debate is somewhat enlightening, except there seems to be far more heat of that aforementioned four-letter definition than any light. We could sit here and retrace history. We could ask why during 40 years of liberal control campaign finance reform to deal with so many problems was never really taken up. We could talk about the fact that true health care reform to protect the doctor-patient relationship rather than the patient-trial lawyer relationship has been championed in this body. We could talk about the fact that for the first time in 16 long years, this common-sense conservative Congress offered tax relief to working Americans. Indeed, I am struck by the irony of the other side who always would cast themselves as defenders of working Americans, and yet time and time and time again reached into the pockets of those working Americans to take their wages and send them here to Washington. Our common-sense policies have drawn a clear choice and contrast because we are intent on transferring money, power and influence out of the hands of the bureaucrats.”