Tim Ryan: “This thing is a paper tiger. It is going to be a song and dance. So let us get ready. Get out the music and the popcorn…”

“This thing is a paper tiger. It is going to be a song and dance. So let us get ready. Get out the music and the popcorn because this is going to be nothing but a dog and pony show. I do not think anything is going to happen here, and it is going to be consistent with a lot of the other pieces of legislation that either came through this body or did not get reviewed. So I just want to say to my colleague from Florida how disappointed I am, how disappointed the Democrats are, and I encourage the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), our minority leader, to continue her stance and not appoint anybody to this committee. This is a toothless tiger. It is a washing machine to clean up this mess politically. I hope that our leader stands her ground and our leadership and our party stand their ground and just say that this is a joke and to appoint people to this committee would literally be contributing to the problem and lending our credibility to this issue, which I think is a joke.”