Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Rules Committee made in order more amendments than Senator Harry Reid did as majority leader over 2 years--in just 1 day. In just 1 day, more amendments were made in order in the United States House of Representatives. So I get it. I do. I think I would be on the defensive, also, if I were my colleagues, my friends that are Democrats, because what they are doing to this country doesn't work, and they are defensive about it. So they view anything that Republicans do, even on a bipartisan basis but doesn't fit their narrative as, ``this is political.'' Well, balancing the budget is in the best interest of the American people. Presenting realistic budgets--not a trillion dollars more in spending and bigger government--is exactly the kind of policies that Republicans do believe. By the way, if they were really serious about trying to fix this global warming, they wold look in their own backyard with home heating fuel, which is diesel fuel, which they are putting all through the Northeast to heat their homes. That is a huge contributor to global warming, as opposed to clean, natural gas. They can make their own decisions. But I would say back to them: I think you ought to measure three times and have seen once, not just go accusing other people of things. Mr.…”