Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, late Governor of Tennessee Ned McWherter used to say: If you don't want to work, you shouldn't hire out. Speaker Ryan, if you don't want to work, if your team doesn't want to work, you shouldn't have run for office and hired out. We are taking off for nearly 8 weeks of vacation when we should be here dealing with gun violence; when we should be dealing with the voting rights extension, which we have not done with elections coming up; when we should be dealing with the Zika virus, which threatens the health of our people; when we should be dealing with the Flint water crisis. We are leaving for 8 weeks of vacation. This Congress started 8 years ago with terrible political priorities. Rather than policy, it was politics. Mitch McConnell said their job was to see to it that Barack Obama didn't get reelected. What did we do this week? We had hearings about Hillary Clinton and emails. That is politics. We didn't have questions of the U.S. Attorney General about voting rights or gun violence. If you don't want to work, don't hire out. Ned McWherter was right, Speaker Ryan. You shouldn't have come here without being willing to work. ____________________”