Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, today was a glorious day, but as we begin to discuss the rules that are now taking place, I raise questions. I would like to understand, if we are going to go forward in a fiscally responsible way, and I have heard so much about the Tea Party and I welcome certainly the expressions of those who have been elected as Republicans of those views, but we stand in this House, Republican and Democrat and some Independent, to work on issues for the American people. {time} 1610 How do you in fact then eliminate, in some sense, the pay-as-you-go rule, which we have all been committed to, which allows us to pay for what we want to encourage the American people to have. But now we have a rule that says that you cannot raise revenue. So if your soldiers on the battlefield need more resources, you can only get it by cutting spending of some other vulnerable population. What sense does that make? When we speak of open rules, what sense does it make to have a rule tomorrow that indicates that we're repealing the health care bill under a closed rule, where we'll be saving some $143 billion over 3 years, but that rule would not allow that. This is a rules package that needs fixing, and I hope that we can go back to the drawing board.”