Burgess Owens: “The Republicans have had a very clever strategy this year. We have spent a lot of time in recess and very little time in…”

“The Republicans have had a very clever strategy this year. We have spent a lot of time in recess and very little time in deliberations. That is not by accident, it is a way to guarantee that important things are done rapidly, that there is a minimum of deliberation, that the party and the minority does not have an opportunity to bring issues to the public. It has worked very well. You know, we have had a lot of very extreme things accomplished in a few days using this technique of minimizing deliberations and maximizing action while we are here. So, I suspect the process of galloping is going to continue between now and the time we go out on the August recess, and, once we return from the August recess, of course the galloping is even going to even move faster. The Republican schedule is part of the whole strategy, and what it does is it turns our democracy into a form of distorted law making, which is not good for the country.”