Political Quotes

“I want to advise my colleague, the gentleman, Mr. McGovern, that we do not have any further speakers at this time, and I would defer to his judgment. I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me, first of all, say that I'm glad the gentleman from Georgia is excited. I'm not quite at that level. I'm okay, but I'm not excited. This is not an open rule. We had an opportunity to have an open rule. We called for a vote. Unfortunately, my friends on the other side of the aisle voted against it. But having said that, there are a lot of different amendments in here that represent a lot of different viewpoints, and so I'm okay with it. So I will begin by saying that. Secondly, I want to share with my colleagues that this is a good bill. And it is not a boondoggle, as the gentlewoman from Michigan referred to it. It is a necessary protection for people. The question was asked, well, why should the government be involved in flood insurance? Well, one of the reasons why is because the private insurance industry has no interest in providing the kind of coverage at an affordable level to people who need it. If there was money to be made, if they thought they could make money, you could bet the private insurance industry would step up and try to fill in the void. But they haven't, and they won't.…”