Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished gentleman from California, and I thank him for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, what baffles me is that our Republican friends are seemingly acting like there's business as usual, that we are quietly on the floor of the House, just passing a food safety initiative. Our House is on fire, and there's nobody here to put the fire out. We're in the middle of a government shutdown. Of course I'm committed to the principles of this legislation, as my colleagues, as the ranking member, as the ranking member of the full committee, as Ms. DeLauro and Mr. Waxman are. We are all committed to this. May I remind my friends that 45 percent of the FDA employees, they are on furlough. Just today, four people in Texas were arrested because of FDA criminal investigators. They were trying to sell stem cell packages to sick people, devastated people, that were fraudulent and diseased and inappropriate to terminally ill people. It was the FDA criminal investigators that were able to make this case and the U.S. Attorney in my district said ``thank you.'' But right now there are U.S. Attorneys across the Nation getting ready to lay off their attorneys. The House is on fire, and my friends don't seem to understand. {time} 1815 Let me just share with you that there are usually 80 inspections on food facilities a day. They're not going on right now.…”