John Boehner: “This bill is the greatest threat to freedom that I have seen in the 19 years I have been here in Washington.”

Even though I didn`t really want to go the direction where the team`s gone, they were the ones who elected me to be the leader, and I had an obligation to go lead them.

For a bill that was supposed to be about jobs, jobs, jobs, has turned into a bill that`s all about spending, spending, and spending.

I want to work with you. But I`m just stuck.

I'd rather set myself on fire than to run for office again.