Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentleman from Massachusetts not only for his service to the Rules Committee but also for the ideas that he represents. And I'm delighted that he had an opportunity today to state with great clarity that the 25 amendments that have been made in order by the Rules Committee are good for this institution, this body, and lives up to the promise not just that our Speaker, the gentleman, John Boehner, and our Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, subscribe to, but also the chairman of the Rules Committee, the gentleman, David Dreier. Mr. Speaker, the bill we are discussing today provides a long-term certainty in the flood insurance market. It allows for greater transparency and accountability in the flood insurance program and removes or diminishes greatly the great risk that taxpayers incur from bailing out the current program. This country is facing a $14 trillion debt with almost $18 billion of that coming from the NFIP. Congress sorely needed to retain its control over this program and to ensure that we relooked at it in its reauthorization. However, we still have a government that spends way too much, taxes too much, listens too little to the needs of the American people. And today, the Republican Party, through the leadership that we're being provided by Mrs. Biggert from Illinois, is doing exactly that one at a time, to take on the programs and needs of this great Nation.…”