Political Quotes

“the only emergency addressed by this rule is the one created when they were caught in a sleight-of-hand to greatly accelerate the national debt. Having been caught, our Republican friends have put a new twist on an old maxim: if you cannot say anything good, just do not say anything. Their twist is, they do not have anything to say good in their defense for jeopardizing Social Security and Medicare, so they do not want anyone else to say anything, either. They have used a harsh rule. They have used a rule and a tactic that is truly worthy of the parliament in some backwater dictatorship. This is really just the latest of outrages in this House, many of them that are best considered here late at night, best considered under the cover of darkness when the Republican leadership has something in which to hide its shame. Their scheming is so very bad tonight they do not even know what day it is. Indeed, I can tell the Members one thing: for Democrats in this House, it is a new day. We have had enough shenanigans. We have had enough gimmicks. We have had enough antics here in this House, and we are going to be back. We are going to be back throughout this session again and again. We are going to be working together. We are going to stand up and speak out forcefully for America.”