Political Quotes

“Now let me just review where we are on this, just to put this into a time frame. The Protect America Act was first put into place last August, set to expire in February so they could work out the differences. Now, the Senate had their proposal, as I mentioned, and as has been mentioned by our leader, passed by a big margin, 68-29. The House has their version. There's nothing unusual with both Houses in a bicameral legislative body having two versions of the same issue. And the way you generally resolve that is to go to conference and work out the difference. We have not had the opportunity, in this body, to go to conference with the Senate on this bill. Further, we have been denied time and time again to have an opportunity to even vote on the Senate amendments. By defeating the previous question, we will have that opportunity. So I urge my colleagues to vote to defeat the previous question so we can amend the rule to have an opportunity to vote and address the Senate bill that passed overwhelmingly. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”