Political Quotes

“I'm always in awe at the gentleman from the Rules Committee who has just spoken so eloquently about consensus and coming together. I've seen him in action in the Rules Committee. And certainly we thank the members of the Rules Committee for their service. We know that his history brings him here after being a staffer, so he knows this institution. He knows where all the bathrooms are. He knows about how much good we can do. I'm grateful for him acknowledging our friends, Congresswoman Slaughter and Mr. Walz, who have been working and, of course, who wanted to have their bill come forward in a way that would be transparent and to have the opportunity for all facets of this bill to be understood. So I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis) for his leadership. So it begs the question of how we have the cloak-and-dagger midnight legislation trick that really is not befitting of this carefully drawn initiative. Let me share with my colleagues why I am so concerned about good work that should be presented as good work. At this moment, we are trying to make sure that no one has insider trading. And if we had a sledgehammer here, we would go around and make sure to stamp it out. But we are doing it through legislation, and you can't do it by legislation and half-fix it. We can't misrepresent to our colleagues and the American people. Right now, the language that was in Ms.…”