Jeb Hensarling: “I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I especially thank her for her leadership on this Special Order, and her leadership…”

“I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I especially thank her for her leadership on this Special Order, and her leadership on behalf of all of our men and women who serve in uniform, many in her district. And she is well respected within this institution for what she has done for our military. Madam Speaker, I know the American people occasionally get somewhat confused by what is going on in Congress. Here's what's easy to understand: House Republicans have put not one offer on the table, not two, not three, but four; four different offers to negotiate with the President and the Democrats. What do we hear from the President? What do we hear from Harry Reid, no negotiations. You know, I still recall vividly my mother-in-law who has a saying, the least you can do in life is show up. President Barack Obama and Harry Reid have not shown up. Now I know that the President says at one time in his life he taught congressional law. Some of us find that somewhat ironic because if the President actually knew the Constitution, then he would know that it is the Congress that has the power of the purse. It is Congress that appropriates funds. Nowhere will you find in the Constitution that Congress is relegated to the power of the rubber stamp. So we know that the President and Harry Reid want us to rubber-stamp the health care policies of this administration that we hear about every single day.…”