Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Woodall serves not only the Rules Committee and this body in the Republican majority, but he is also our designee to the Budget Committee and has excelled in excess of understanding the intricate details that not only move this great Nation, but the arguments, a balance between them. I appreciate the gentleman very, very much. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer some advice that I just received from the Governor of the State of Texas, Governor Abbott, who took time to call me. I also want to address the distinguished gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings), my very dear friend. During that record-setting year, we also made in order over 560 amendments. That is 560 amendments that people came to the Rules Committee, had literally a committee that engaged them on the substance of their ideas, listened to it, believed that that substance had a good place for debate on this floor. Not necessarily every idea should be vetted here. Sometimes it is vetted in committee, subcommittee. Sometimes it is vetted at the Rules Committee, and sometimes we do not make those ideas in order. This morning was no different. There were a lot of great ideas. As a matter of fact, the minority leader, Ms. Pelosi, came to the Rules Committee for several hours. The gentleman, the minority whip, Mr.…”