Political Quotes

“I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the distinguished majority whip, another gentleman from California who has seen the effects of what this man-made drought is, Mr. McCarthy. Mr. McCARTHY of California. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank Chairman Hastings for his work in committee, and I'd also like to thank, Mr. Chairman, the subcommittee chairman, Tom McClintock, and the authors of this bill, Devin Nunes and Jeff Denham, for their work. Now, in California there's a saying: ``Whiskey's for drinking and water's for fighting,'' and for too long we've been fighting about water. For too long this man-made drought in California has been ignored. Well, you know, today that stops. I'm excited about it stopping today; because you're going to hear a lot of arguments on both sides, but that's where we're supposed to debate, on the floor of the House. But, you know, the thing we've always yearned for, the thing we've always taught our children? That an agreement is an agreement, that you keep your bond. You come into a debate where you make your points, but when you come to an agreement, you keep it. Simply put, what does this bill do? This bill simply says an agreement is an agreement. When both sides sat down from the Bay Area-Delta Accord--why was it named that? Because people from the bay area and people from the delta had discussions, had fights, had policy arguments, and they finally came to agreement. Now, who was on what side?…”