Tim Ryan: “When the gentleman is talking about a program like Social Security, when we are talking about the most productive…”

“When the gentleman is talking about a program like Social Security, when we are talking about the most productive program, the most efficient program that the government runs and a proposal comes along in which the President has the wherewithal to defend it, the Congress has the ability because of the party structure to pass it, then you can be sure there is going to be a big fight. And you know what, the Founding Fathers would want a big fight about this. You fight about big things. You fight about big ideas. And I do not think there is anything wrong, and I think we have a constitutional responsibility to have a big fight. Article 1, section 1, the people govern, the Congress has a say. And the rules of this House and especially the rules of the Senate protect the views of the minority. So we have an obligation to stand up here at 9:23 at night and try to do our part in communicating our message. And we respect the President, respect the office, respect the other side of the aisle. I have many friends over there. Good friends. But we are allowed to disagree on major issues. And I hope we can get back to what happened in 1983.”