Political Quotes

“I want to yield back with his words, because so much of what the gentleman just said... is going to be long remembered in this body, when he posed the question during the airline bailout, 'Why is it that in the Congress the big dogs always eat first?' That is what has happened here and that is what is about to happen tomorrow. Because there are those... who want to exploit this tragedy for their own agendas... to assure the safety of families across America... They just want to be sure their families are safe, and that is why we are here tonight demanding that this be made the top priority of this House. I think it may come to a point where we have to say, until the House addresses this issue, we are going to see it addresses none other. Because unless we can get the kind of bipartisanship that has been occurring in the Senate... we are going to have to take additional steps to force that action on to the agenda of the House.”