Political Quotes

“I think this Congress, and every Congress has a history and has a name. I think this will be called 'the suspension Congress.' We have taken more legislation up under suspension of the rules, without any opportunity for people to be offering amendments. I think whatever side you're on, whatever party you're in, there really ought to be the opportunity for Members to offer amendments. And so I think, I don't know how you would do it, but I officially would request that maybe the Clerk of the House look to see how many bills at the end of this year were passed by suspension and to see if I was right by calling this 'the suspension Congress.' We are now resorting to considering an odds and ends bill at the end again on suspension. This bill could clearly be put on our own bill. On July 12, the administration requested language to allow the Patent and Trademark Office to spend an additional $129 million in fiscal year 2010, with the desired effect being the reduction of backlogs in processing patent applications.”