Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, may I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, our side isn't afraid to embrace change. We know that living in the 21st century means that we can and should use technology to improve Americans' quality of life. We know that vaccines save lives, and we know that science is real. We know that ending these emergencies immediately is irresponsible. Most importantly, we know that we are here to make progress, not to go backward, which is what the four measures this rule includes would do. Again, let me say none of these bills went through committee. They could have, but none of them did. Madam Speaker, 94 percent of the rules this Congress has dealt with have been completely closed. That is 15 out of 16 measures with no hearings, no amendments, no markups. Is this what Speaker McCarthy promised you in his secret memo, that this is the way you will conduct business? On top of all that, we are deeply concerned that a small minority on the other side of the aisle representing the most extreme elements of the Republican Conference is calling the shots. We are worried about Social Security, and we are worried about Medicare.…”