Michael Burgess: “You've got to wonder why we're here today. It almost seems like another episode of that Bill Murray movie ``Groundhog…”

“You've got to wonder why we're here today. It almost seems like another episode of that Bill Murray movie ``Groundhog Day'' where people went through the same thing over and over again. When this last session of Congress ended in the middle of the night the end of December, I think we all had seasonal affective disorders. We went home, but there was a new year and a new day was dawning and a genuine sense of bipartisanship that we were going to work together to have things done. So what's the first thing we consider? A consideration of the veto override of the SCHIP bill which we voted on again and again and again. Is this the spirit of bipartisanship that we can expect out of the Democratic leadership, as we try to craft legislation to help stave off what seems to be a serious downturn in the economy? Once again, here we are on the floor of the House being forced by the Democratic leadership to cast a vote that will serve the sole purpose of helping one side of the aisle score political points against the President. Do we need to reauthorize this program? No. We already did that. The CBO said we did it, and we funded it through March of 2009. Then why are we here?...”