Political Quotes

For personal reasons, I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 5--Prev. Question, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 6--H. Res. 781, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 7--H. Con. Res. 83, ``yea'' on rollcall No…

All I know is if you reduce my salary to a dollar, you effectively fired me. Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from…

I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

Having been a former chairman of this committee, and either ranking member or chairman for the last 9 years, I guess, when I left, people asked me repeatedly, ``What kind of chairman will Mr. Fleischmann be of this committee?'' whether it…