Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. McGovern raised a few good points, but one in particular: We haven't seen the bill that we are allegedly supposed to be considering with this rule. Last night, Mr. Norman, who just spoke, correctly criticized this closed process. He said, ``That's a problem going forward, a huge problem because that is not the process we think is fair to everyone.'' I would simply say to the gentleman that the process has only gotten worse. Reportedly, there will be an amendment offered to this rule that we haven't even seen yet. Although, I guess the fact is we may know why we had to delay the hearing until this point; so that your Member could return from New York. I wonder when we are going to see the open and transparent process that some of our Rules Committee colleagues have spoken so much about. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”