PA Congressman Tom Marino, “I was making a statement on the floor about immigration and each side was debating the issue. I was tired of hearing the other side, particularly Pelosi, saying this bill’s going nowhere and the president will veto it, and it certainly won’t get through the Senate and it’s a waste of time, and she actually started calling out Boehner and McCarthy by name, saying it’s a terrible piece of legislation they made worse. “I got sick of it, so I went up and asked for a couple of minutes to speak—I wasnt scheduled to speak. I said, first of all, we have a job to do here in the House regardless of what Harry Reid does. He’d already said he’s doing nothing—and even if he collects bills and does nothing, and the president doesn’t sign it, we have a responsibility to pass good legislation, Marino said. I said furthermore, we’re tired of the Democrats making a political issue out of this, because under the leadership of the previous Speaker and previous leader on the Democrat side, they had in 2009 and 2010 the White House, the Senate, and the House, and they didn’t have the courage to pass significant immigration legislation.” At that point, Pelosi charged at him. “She started coming over to me while I was speaking and I didn’t realize it, wagging her finger and calling me a liar, saying ‘that’s not true,’” Marino said. “And I said no, I deal with facts. I’m a prosecutor. I do my research and told her to check the facts out and maybe you should do your own research and check the facts out. Then she started to walk away and the acting Speaker actually didn’t say anything about her crossing the floor, which I’m surprised, he said to me to direct my remarks to the Speaker and I said that works both ways, and I finished my comments and said you need to vote for this legislation and secure the border.” The altercation wasn’t over at that point. When Marino was done speaking, Pelosi made another pass at him.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:50:01 +0000
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