Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished gentleman from Missouri for yielding. I enjoyed working with him on the Budget Committee the last 2 years. I wish I was this time. Maybe we will do it in a couple of years. I enjoy working with the distinguished chairman from Kentucky, but I find it interesting that after 2 years on the Budget Committee I am finally seeing a budget resolution, because I sure didn't see one for the last 2 years. But here we are. We are on the floor of the House of Representatives, allegedly the people's House. Do I get to offer an amendment? Do I get to say a single word about what is in this $2 trillion bill? No, because this is fake. The American people are looking at the people's House. They are asking: What are we doing? We are surrounded by fences and razor wire. We are going through magnetometers. I am sitting here on the floor of the House with a $2 trillion bill larded up for political purposes that I never had a chance to amend, debate or have any discussion about besides 2 minutes or 3 minutes here with a prepackaged bill done in smoke-filled rooms, brought to the floor, and I am told to vote ``yes'' or ``no,'' push the green button, push the red button. That is what we have taken the people's House and reduced it to. We have $4 trillion that we have spent on COVID relief. With all due respect to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who are saying go big, we have spent $4 trillion.…”