Jim Matheson: “I thank my colleague for yielding. It's a pleasure to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to discuss No…”

“I thank my colleague for yielding. It's a pleasure to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to discuss No Labels. You know, I think one thing that hasn't been mentioned tonight is the fact that it's about ``no labels.'' We're going to get away from Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative. This is about bringing people together to try to reach consensus and solve problems. Because when you really think about it, our political dialogue in this country has been reduced too often to this notion where there are only two points of view, only two ways to look at an issue: all Democrats think one way; all Republicans think the other. There's no other way to look at an issue. Well, as we all know, life generally is not that simple; and it's important for us to constructively come together in a way where we act as Representatives, because our system of government is not a parliamentary system where just two points of view are to be discussed. Our system of government is a representative system of government. We have 435 people in the House of Representatives who all can bring a point of view to the table to try to solve problems and make progress. That's why I'm pleased to be associated and participating with the No Labels group. I'm pleased that across the country people are signing up to join ad citizen activists for No Labels as well. It tells you where the country wants us to go as an institution--no more bickering, no more playing the blame game.…”