Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we have been talking about shared American values. Certainly, one of our strongest shared American values is that we condemn violence, particularly violence against our law enforcement officers. That is not open to question. What happened in California this past week is horrific, and we all condemn that. But that is not what we are talking about here. What we are talking about is an attempt to hijack the rule that we are here to debate. I mean, I have just listened to a very eloquent argument by the gentleman from Georgia about the need for bills to go through regular order and to follow the process. If these are the noncontroversial items, as warranted by my colleagues, then they can go through the suspension process. We just voted on two suspension bills last night. We can do more. We can be here longer than anticipated if the news I am reading is correct. So, let them go through the suspension process. Let them be marked up. Let's get back to the business of why we are here today and the four bills that are under consideration as part of this rule. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui), another distinguished member of the Rules Committee.”