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Tim Ryan: That is a great point. We will get criticism levied at us from the majority, saying how dare the 30-Somethings go out…

On the recordMarch 1, 2006
That is a great point. We will get criticism levied at us from the majority, saying how dare the 30-Somethings go out there night after night, sometimes 2 hours a night, and all they are is critical. Wait a minute. Are you asking us to just sit by and let all this happen, and no one is providing a little sunlight on this? I hate to tell them, but Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution creates this body, Mr. Meek, this body, and the problem I think with the majority in the House and in the Senate, the Republican majority in the House and in the Senate, is they are too coachable. They are too coachable, because the President coaches them, and he basically says ``We need X, Y and Z,'' and it goes out and happens. They are too coachable.
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