Political Quotes

“Well, that's so unexpected and unnecessary, and it actually means a great deal. Thank you. Somebody that's been here slugging it out longer than I would ever be able to handle, Mr. Barton from Texas came as a young man, and he's been able to endure the slings and arrows through many, many years of being in the minority. And we're back to dealing with a White House who wants, he says, to negotiate, to work with Congress, and does so by demanding to come talk to Congress, and comes. Did we have a warm, friendly meeting here as the President stood here on the second level? Well, actually we got lectured. We were lectured that we needed to pass the President's jobs bill right away, right away, 16, 17 times. We've just got to do it now. During the speech, I don't recall the President ever saying, I really don't have a bill. I don't have a bill. And, in fact, if you want to sit down and work with me, you won't be able to because in the morning I'm getting on Air Force One, funded by the taxpayers, and basically hit the campaign trail. And I'm going to be beating up on you guys in the House of Representatives for not being willing to negotiate with me, even though I'm not around. And, by the way, I'm not going to negotiate even if we sat down because you've got to take my bill completely, pass the whole thing. I'm not going to compromise on anything. That was the message for a number of weeks. Take it; pass it as it is.…”