Political Quotes

“I have great respect for my friend, Mr. McGovern, but, of course, most of the things he mentioned simply aren't in the bill. What really happened last night is that we have been trying to get you guys to negotiate for weeks and for months. We are going to raise the debt ceiling, something we said we were going to do and do in the legislation, and here is our opening offer. Where is yours? We don't have one. We don't have one from the President. We have a Democratic Senate that can't produce one. So, we are going to put the ball over and see what you guys are actually going to do with it. I remind my friends on the other side of the aisle that the work requirements we are including in this legislation are, in fact, less strict than the ones that then-Senator Biden supported in the 1990s. We should be helping people attain self-sufficiency as opposed to having them simply depend on the Federal Government. That doesn't seem like a radical idea. That seems like common sense to me, and I think most Americans anyplace in the country would support it. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy), who is my very good friend and a member of the Rules Committee.”