Nick Lampson: “I find it a little astounding that I come here to ask the question of what is happening to our government. Why are our…”

“I find it a little astounding that I come here to ask the question of what is happening to our government. Why are our fellow citizens withholding information from us, even from Members of Congress? Why are some of the agencies that are designed to help us seemingly working against us? It is all our government. I am a little bit astounded at having to come here and again tell the story about what happened when the Texas legislature ran amuck, when members of that legislative body began to respond to actions there that have been reflective of what the United States House of Representatives has been, very divisive, very unfortunate, where people get to the point where they feel like they are not allowed to be a part of the process and they have to rebel against the system by looking for parliamentary procedure to try to send their point or make their point or get their message out. Fifty-five brave men and women allowed their backs to be pushed up against the wall for months and finally could take it no more and broke the quorum of the Texas legislature to stop that from happening there.”