Political Quotes

“At this time, I have no additional speakers and reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. We ought to have a debate in this Chamber on energy, on an energy policy, whether or not we should invest in innovation, whether or not we should invest in renewable, green, clean energy. I believe we should. My friends on the other side believe not just in the status quo, they believe in going backwards. They believe in investing, not in new technologies, but in the old technologies. {time} 1310 But we should have that debate here. This bill really is not that debate, because this bill is a political stunt. It is not anything real. It is not anything that is going anywhere. This is just politics as usual, and that's what makes this so frustrating. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to end where I began in my opening, which is to say we're only here for a few days. I mean, I've never been part of a Congress that has worked less than this Congress and that has produced less than this Congress. Today's Roll Call has a great piece: ``Congress on Pace to be the Least Productive.'' Is that what my friends on the other side of the aisle are aspiring to--to be known as the least productive Congress? We're back for these few days. We ought to do something meaningful for the American people. We ought to be debating a jobs bill. We ought to bring the President's jobs bill to the floor.…”