John Boehner: “I thank my colleague. And while we may differ on whether the glass is half full or half empty, I do have great respect…”

I doubt anyone will ever accuse me of being soft on crime. To the contrary, there would be very few Members of Congress ever who have sent more people to prison.

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Boehner moves that the House reconsider the vote on the question of concurring in the matter comprising the remainder of…

it would, quote, ``ruin our economy,'' end quote.

I`m a Republican actually, I`m a conservative Republican, but I`m not crazy and then they`ve got, I don`t know, these noisemakers I`ll call them. Ted Cruz, Jim Jordan, I could go down a long list of people more interested in making noise…