Political Quotes

“I yield myself 1 minute. Madam Speaker, let me say that I always appreciate what my colleagues state on the House floor, and I appreciate their good comments during debate. To the extent that they want to increase competition among insurance companies and want to reduce insurance premiums, I completely agree with them, but we should not think that any of those comments or any of those desires or any of those goals have anything to do with the bill that we are considering here today. Once again, in case some of my colleagues missed it, let me read what the Congressional Budget Office said about this legislation. They said, ``Whether premiums would increase or decrease as a result (of this legislation) is difficult to determine, but in either case, the magnitude of the effects is likely to be quite small.'' So this bill has no point. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin, the former chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Sensenbrenner.”