Tim Ryan: “I think whether you are talking about foreign policy, what's going on in the war, or what you stated their agenda was…”

“I think whether you are talking about foreign policy, what's going on in the war, or what you stated their agenda was the last week, which has been pretty much the same for the past couple of years, just a bunch of stuff that really hasn't worked, and you could just look around to see the facts of the matter, but there is a general sense by this Congress, and I think this administration, of we don't have to fix these problems. They are somehow just going to fix themselves. I found it very interesting, one of the bills I am most excited about when we get back in is Representative Tanner's bill and Representative Cardoza's bill that says we are going to basically audit the government. We are going to find out whether there is fat, where there is wasted money, where there are programs that aren't working cut them and squeeze them and put that money into stuff that is working. But that takes initiative, as Mr. Meek has said, it is about rolling up your sleeves and going to work and doing the hard work. But I found it very interesting, as I was going through former Speaker Gingrich's basic proposals in the Wall Street Journal, I am sorry, and going through here, he makes a lot of comparisons to the Civil War. It is very well written and very insightful. I want to just share with the House, Madam Speaker, a couple of things that Mr.…”