Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 300 provides for consideration of two closely related bills, H.R. 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay, and H.R. 2668, the Fairness for American Families Act. The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate for each bill, controlled by the Committee on Ways and Means. Further, the minority will be offered a motion to recommit on each bill. Because the issues before us in these two bills are so closely linked, the rule provides that, upon passage, the Clerk will merge the text of both bills into a single measure to send to the Senate. Mr. Speaker, we're here today because the President has decided that he alone, without consultation, without advice, consent, or even notice to the United States Congress, has the sole authority to decide which laws he will and which laws he will not enforce. The President has done this with regard to immigration laws; he has done this with regard to duly enacted marriage laws; and now, in an act of too true hubris, he has done this with respect to his own signature issue, the President's health care law. In a July 2, 2013, blog post--a blog post; not a letter, not a phone call, not a press conference, not even a press release, but a blog post--the President announced three significant changes to his health care law that we have been assured over and over is perfect, it's on track, it's on schedule, we will be ready. But this announcement, posted just before the July 4th holiday, 6 p.m.…”