Political Quotes

“Well, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I really appreciate him hosting this Special Order late this afternoon. I think it's very, very important that the American people absolutely know what's going on here. As we all were home over the Christmas holidays, I know that I had a lot of events that I had to attend. I don't care if I spoke at a Chamber of Commerce or a Rotary, you name it, people were very, very concerned with what's going on in this Chamber. They're worried about a lot of things. They're worried about the health care that's been passed by this House, they're worried about jobs, they're worried about the cap-and-tax legislation, they're worried about the EPA and other mandates that are being forced down their throats. But I think it's important probably to start off talking about the health care a little bit here. I don't think there's anybody in this Chamber, there's not one person in this country that would say that we shouldn't do something about having some meaningful debate on health care in this country. But when we're looking at it, what we've seen happening is we've seen, as has been mentioned by my colleagues from Texas and also from Pennsylvania, it's been a one-way street. And the American people don't care for that. They want an open debate, and they want to make sure that they know what's going on. But as we're talking about this health care, I think it's important that we also hear what the people back home are saying.…”