Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, unacceptable is what this bill is; but I rise to support the motion to instruct and am pleased to see that we can get bipartisanship on something on this motion to instruct. Mr. Speaker, we do need quick resolution of this matter; but we have dug ourselves a hole, because if we look at the way the Congress has voted overwhelmingly, the Congress has voted against the House bill. If we put the Senate together with the House Democrats, how are we going to get some kind of compromise? My hat is off to those who try, but we must do so. We must do so in no small part because this industry is failing because people will not get in planes. Why should they? People want one system. The reason they want Federal employees is they think they will get one system. This industry is failing at a time when it was already in trouble and when the latest unemployment figures tell us that the whole Nation is in trouble. We knew the unemployment figures would be bad. They are much worse than we thought they would be. Getting people into these planes, giving them the confidence to get into these planes is indeed just the kind of stimulus we need. We need it before Thanksgiving.”