Burgess Owens: “Thank you, Mr. Ribble, and thank you for conducting this hour this evening. As I travel around my district in upstate…”

“Thank you, Mr. Ribble, and thank you for conducting this hour this evening. As I travel around my district in upstate New York, which forms the convergence of Vermont, Quebec, and New York, I hear a couple of questions from my constituents. The first is about jobs, and the second is why can't you fellows work together? No Labels is a big part of that answer. We must work at the process of discussing issues, of gathering facts--and I want to repeat that, of gathering facts--then discussing those facts, and then reaching compromise. That is what the American people sent us here to do. That is why I came to Congress 3\1/2\ years ago. We all recognize that no one--no party, no group--has a monopoly on good ideas, nor on the facts. I urge all of my colleagues in Congress to work with us so that we will develop the kind of relationships, the kind of action, the kind of motivation that allows us to work for our friends and neighbors at home, those whom we call constituents. {time} 2010”