Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Marino. We all have similar experiences. I know you do, Brad, when you are back home; and, Tom, I know you do when you are back home. It really doesn't matter where we are. A lot of times it is coming out of Mass on Sunday morning, and sometimes it is just being down at the K-Mart or the Walmart, or maybe I am up in Erie and I am out near Presque Isle, or I could be in Grove City or I could be in Slippery Rock, and people come up to me all the time and say: Do you know what? You all need to get busy. And they talk about: We don't want to hear any more about the battles between Republicans and Democrats. Quite frankly, we are tired of hearing it because, if you can't work together, you can't get things done. And then the question that comes up is: Can't you just compromise once in a while to get something done? And then you have got to scratch your head and say: Yes, but, do you know what? We are doing an awful lot right now, but you are just not hearing it. The reason that comes about, and we all know this, is because the biggest megaphone in the country right now is at the White House. Now, Brad, you and I sat here, and, Tom, you and I sat here during the State of the Union. The President made a very chilling statement. He said: America can't wait, and I can't wait. And if this Congress won't act the way I want it to do, I will go around them, and I will get it done.…”