Political Quotes

“Shocking, truly shocking, that democracy cannot exist here on the House floor. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the remaining time, and I will close for our side. Mr. Speaker, first of all, let me remind the Members of this House, the chairman of the Rules Committee talked about how generous the Rules Committee is. This year, in the 109th Congress, we have had 43 restrictive rules, 22 closed rules, plus three additional closed rules that were included in one rule, H. Res. 351, and we have had 11 open rules as far as appropriations bills. Let me also simply say my point was that on important matters we usually have closed rules, as we did yesterday on the pension bill. Mr. Speaker, I will be asking for a ``no'' vote on the previous question so I could amend the rule and allow the House to consider House Resolution 613 instead of House Resolution 612. House Resolution 613 was introduced last evening by International Relations Ranking Member Lantos, the Democratic Leader Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings), which expresses congratulations to the people of Iraq on three national elections conducted in 2005. This amendment was offered in the Rules Committee early this morning, but unfortunately, it was rejected. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment and the text of House Resolution 613 immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”