Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the rhetoric on the other side of the aisle on the debate on this issue is rather interesting. Let me take a couple of the issues that were brought up and try to address them. First, the issue of an earmark. Now, just to remind our body--we must have a very short attention span--but this House acted not too long ago on the question of earmarks and said we should proceed. That's why we are debating this bill. Why? Because H.R. 2087 does not contain an earmark. It is in full compliance with the earmark definition provided for in House rule 21 in the earmark ban that was instituted by the House Republicans in January of 2011. Why is that or how is that? Because the House definition of an earmark requires that there be spending in some form directed to an entity. In H.R. 2087, we do not direct any spending of any money in any form. It has no fiscal impact. So, Mr. Chairman, to repeat once again-- we had this debate earlier, and the House confirmed that debate, by the way--there is no earmark in this bill. Let me make a couple other observations of the previous speakers that have spoken. One of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle came down here and said it's been X number of days--I forget how many he said--without one job bill. Well, he's right, Mr. Chairman. There is not just one job bill. There are a multitude of job bills that have been addressed by this body, generally on a bipartisan basis.…”