Political Quotes

“Amen. Madam Speaker, I appreciate the words from my brother, my friend from Texas. He is exactly right. Just last night, I was on an interview on Fox with my friend Byron Donalds, and we have staked out two different positions in the primary fight for the Republican nomination for President, and we were talking about how we will be, you know, coming together in a year one way or the other carrying forward in the general election, but at some point we have got to remember that we can agree to disagree, that we can actually have a vigorous debate, vigorous disagreements, and engage in--I just wish we would have more of us down here on the floor engaging in actual debate. I would ask any of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, we want to start turning some of our Special Orders into special debates. I think that would be a better use of our time, and actually go back and forth in 2 minute intervals and actually engage in debate on the body of the people's House. Madam Speaker, I do have to take some issue with some of the 1-minute speeches that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle were engaging in about an hour ago. I saw that the Democrat majority leader was on the floor with a chart and that chart said, ``House Republicans are running out of town to cause an economic meltdown.'' Sounds ominous. Sounds terrible and threatening and all sorts of calamities are going ensue. Where are Senate Democrats? Where is Chuck Schumer?…”