Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for those kind remarks. I know that we all share in expressing how much we have enjoyed having these gentlemen with us. We also want to recognize someone. I want to yield to the gentleman from Florida, who has been with us for all too short a period of time. Mr. West is here for his last day on this floor. I know that each of us joins in saying thank you to him. He came to this floor and, Mr. Speaker, he does not back down from the fight. I think that he runs toward that fight when it is a fight for freedom, when it is a fight for getting this government under control and returning us to our constitutional principles, because he is a constitutional conservative. As we have, this week, stood on this floor and have discussed the issues that are in front of us, the issues that the media have termed the ``fiscal cliff,'' you know, many of us have talked about this, that this day was coming. Indeed, the Republicans in the House have been working on this issue for months. My goodness, we sent bills starting in May over to the Senate. They've been sitting on Harry Reid's desk, some of them--the last one went over September 19--and they have chosen not to take up those bills. It's important to note that in that lesson of looking at what the Senate chose not to do and what the leader of the Senate chose not to do, we have people in the House that chose to take an action that would prohibit higher taxes on all Americans.…”