Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Oklahoma for yielding. I just ask my colleagues here: What are we doing? We have 40 million Americans out of work. We have serious problems we have got to address, and we are going to pass a bill tonight that is a clear political bill filled with political promises from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle that has no chance of being passed in its current form. And why aren't we debating and doing the job of this body? We have no debate. My friend from Maryland, Chairman Raskin, we served together working to try to protect the Constitution, and he says that we have this rule in here for a quorum can be two people. I agree, that is a problem. I don't care who is in charge of this body. We shouldn't operate that way. The American people want us to do our job and debate and work. The Constitution is pretty clear about what constitutes a quorum. You can trot out various words from some professors around the country that say otherwise, but a quorum means presence. We should be here debating. It matters. It matters that we look each other in the eye. It matters that we are here talking to each other when there are 40 million Americans without jobs while we sit here in Congress and don't do ours? We are not doing our job. While truckers carry food products, while people go to grocery stores, while first responders do their job, why aren't we doing ours?…”