Political Quotes

“What is awesome, Mr. Chairman, is that finally we can actually have amendments on the floor. We can have debate. Let's face it, as my good friend, my colleague from New York says, he is disappointed that his amendment or some amendment didn't make it through. But for the entire time of Speaker Pelosi's last reign of terror around here where we ran the place like an armed prison camp, there were no amendments on the floor--not one. The gentleman might not agree with the amendment, he might not agree with the process, but at least the American people's voices are heard because amendments are on the floor now, and we are debating them right now. This is a good amendment, it is required, and it should be required because we can't have government officials censoring their citizens while using taxpayer dollars to do it. Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.”