Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. Some single mother, some hardworking parents are being taken advantage of because they--our friends on the other side--have taken language out that would deal with the transferring of political intelligence by political insiders. We need to be able to vote ``no'' on the previous question to allow this language to come up. And it's a closed rule, and it's by suspension. For those of you who know that, nobody gets a chance to do anything. It's a super majority. Then to add insult to injury, they've got an expedited veto bill in here that would take away the powers of the three branches of government, slam the Congress that should be here doing its work--that's what you asked us to come here to do--and allow this expedited veto to go forward and to undermine the give-and-take of the three branches of government, which is what the Constitution asks us to do. I would ask us to vote ``no'' on turning the lights out and using dagger politics to keep the American people from knowing what is going on. I ask for a ``no'' on this vote.”