Political Quotes

“Well, I have another question for the Chair, and I ask it of the leadership. What happened to democracy? We were promised an open process. And there was a model for this. It was President Reagan and Dan Rostenkowski, 4 months of actual hearings, witnesses testifying about the bill. This was written in secret. Oh, by the way, no amendments. Now, we could ask 435 Members of Congress whether we should stick it to the students like we are doing in this bill, and 435 of us would all stand up for the students. But you know what? Not a single one of us is given the opportunity to ask the question: Do we want to stick it to our students who want to get a welding degree or a college degree? That is disgraceful, it is inexcusable, it is within the control of the majority, and they are denying us the opportunity. Here is the big deal that we know. This bill was written by and for the donor class that has flooded and contaminated this political process with billions of dollars in our campaigns. Madam Speaker, I say defeat this bill.”