Political Quotes

“On that point I want to repeat again, and I do not think I can say it enough, there is no pride with which we come here and talk about the fact that our President, the party, the President of our party, has made what we think is the wrong decision because he was given bad advice and he heeded that bad advice. We do not like to do that. There is a political risk that is involved with that. This is not something-- we tried as Members; I called the White House, I talked to the legislative liaison people at the White House time and time again, firing shots across their bow, letting them know that from a western Pennsylvania perspective, from a Midwest perspective, from a northeastern United States perspective that we have no choice but to go to war on this issue and begging this administration to sit down with us and talk to us, have a dialogue with us; do not force us to come to this point. This is a battle which was thrust upon us, a battle which we must fight for our constituents, for the working blue collar men and women, for the small businesses, for the local elect officials, for the Governors, for the people who would have to implement these new standards at great risk and no certainty that we are headed down the right road. In fact the evidence is against it.”