Political Quotes

“I guess this is the second time we have had to edit amendments on the House floor, if I understand what is happening. There were a lot of amendments offered in the Rules Committee. We were promised by the Democrats at the beginning of this legislative session that this would be an open House where our amendments would be considered. I know 92 percent of the amendments the Democrats have allowed to come to the floor have been Democrat amendments. Imagine that. We had 16 Republican amendments on this bill alone. We got one amendment. Democrats got 25, and two of them we have had to edit here on the floor. And then we had one that was a bipartisan, just technical change amendment. I sure hope we are not going to see that for the rest of this Congress under Democratic control, that we are shut out of the amendment process. When Republicans were in charge and had the Rules Committee, 45 percent, something like that, of the amendments were minority amendments, Democrat amendments. We opened the floor to that, and now it has been shut down. Mr. Chairman, I won't object to this change. It needs to be done. Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my objection. The Acting CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn. Without objection, the reading of the modification is dispensed with. There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the original request of the gentlewoman from Texas? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is modified.…”