Political Quotes

“I take the chairman's point, but it is one that really doesn't make any sense from a legislative standpoint. Anybody who has ever voted knows that you can like portions of a bill and still vote against the bill. I don't think there is a legislator alive who hasn't ever been in that position. So this idea that if you get something, anything, however small in the bill, you are then somehow morally obligated to vote for it, goes against every aspect of legislating that I have ever seen. It is our constant challenge as legislators that we have pieces of legislation before us where there is a lot in it that we like and there is some in it that we don't like. And you have got to decide. So I reject the argument that if you get something in this bill, you have to vote for it. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to reclaim the balance of the time that I yielded back. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? There was no objection.”