Larry Combest: “there will be several facilitators from the bipartisan Hershey retreat who will be taking the floor today to talk about…”

“there will be several facilitators from the bipartisan Hershey retreat who will be taking the floor today to talk about the positive things that happened from that meeting. Rather than me telling Members what I thought about it, I thought I would read to them some very quick quotes from Members who were there: ``Pleasantly surprised''; ``Substantive''; ``Very diverse group''; ``Heard things we didn't think we would hear, in a positive sense''; ``People were eager to get into it''; ``Some people began hesitant but were comfortable once we got started''; ``People wanted to come up with ideas that were realistic, that we could accomplish''; ``Very good responses from spouses as well as Members''; ``Ought to continue the bipartisan caucuses''; ``Some of the greatest responses were from some who were the most skeptical''; ``Spouses had great things to say''; ``Good to have practical ideas, not so lofty as changing the spin of the earth''. Mr. Speaker, one of the quotes that I think meant the most to me was among these, ``It almost leads you to believe we could change the House if we put our minds to it.''”