NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Mr. Speaker, tonight one can only imagine the response of the American people as they listen to their holiday songs and…”

“Mr. Speaker, tonight one can only imagine the response of the American people as they listen to their holiday songs and Christmas carols. One can almost see in their mind's eye, based on the unfortunate but predictable reaction of my friends on the left, that it is the 'most cynical time of the year.' ... But the fact is tonight, and this point I will agree with my colleague from Indiana who preceded me in the well, people are hurting. People need help. We have reached out in a sense of compromise and consensus to offer health plans now for people who are hurting. ... We will do nothing to expand health benefits. We will do nothing to reinvigorate the economy. We will stand here with our arms crossed and affect poses of outrage, but in fact be apathetic, disinterested, and play a game of power rather than putting people ahead of politics. That is basically the choice tonight.”