Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), my good friend, for yielding. I thank him for his very eloquent remarks about our departed colleague, John Lewis, as well. It was very appropriately done. Mr. Speaker, this rule brings just a very mixed bag before the Congress of the United States. It covers four different bills. Two of those bills, quite frankly, shouldn't be on this floor at all. The Democrats actually broke their own rules in bringing those bills, the two bills dealing with childcare. It is not that the subject isn't important. It is extraordinarily important. That is why it should have gone through the committee process and been marked up. Probably since this deals with COVID-19, it is more appropriately dealt with in what I hope will be another supplemental, but these bills simply aren't ready for the floor. The other bill, which my friend referred to at length, the lands bill out of the Senate, is a good bill. Now, I would have preferred, as my friend would, that we would have put some other amendments there, some that our good friend, the ranking member, Mr. Bishop of Utah, brought forward. I think we could have made it more prudent and had a better chance of having a sustaining bill. But getting that authorization done is a rare opportunity this late in the cycle in a divisive year, and I don't want to miss that opportunity. We can come back later and try and make it better, but I certainly intend to support that legislation.…”