Political Quotes

“I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Just so I can reiterate what I had said earlier, we now have really the language in both the Senate bill and in the House bill, and it is really not so clean a continuing resolution as it has been portrayed. This strikes the Member pay prohibition, in effect, giving Members a pay raise. Let me just explain. If you have a copy of the bill, on page 7--in the Senate bill, there is language that the Legislative Branch appropriations bill, what division it is, et cetera. Section 6, really what it does is the Senate bill prohibits the movement toward a Member pay raise. Now, what the House Republicans have done is, page 7, line 13, what they do, they just drop that part of the language that comes from the Senate bill. In essence, what they have done is to provide themselves with a pay raise. I think that you haven't given us time to read the 71 pages. I am hopeful that all of you have had the opportunity to read the 71 pages. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman will suspend. Once again, the Chair would like to remind Members that in keeping with the proper decorum on the floor, please direct your comments to the Chair. The gentlewoman will resume. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries), the distinguished Democratic leader.”