24 Feb
"To think that we are here tonight, debating this issue, for the American people, if they are listening, are scratching their heads and wondering, ‘What does this have to do with me getting a job?’ ‘What does this have to do with reducing the deficit?’ And the answer is, ‘Nothing, at all.’"
US Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), lamenting the fact that the US House of Representatives seems to have forgotten why they were brought to DC (fix the economy, stupid). Instead they’ve been focusing on the abortion debate and other means to restrict women’s access to health care.
