Madame Speaker
I just want to briefly register my admiration and approval of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi’s job is not easy, but in case you haven’t noticed, she’s pretty darn good at it. Last year, as Norman Ornstein noted here, the House passed a cap-and-trade energy bill, a financial regulatory reform bill, and a comprehensive health reform bill.
That’s in addition to the bills that both chambers passed and were signed into law by the President, including a major economic stimulus bill, CHIP reauthorization, and an expansion of FDA regulatory authority to cover tobacco products. That’s not bad.
Pelosi has the right attitude about getting things done. Namely, she believes in getting things done. This quote, which made the rounds on blogs a while back, captures that attitude perfectly:
You go through the gate. If the gate’s closed, you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we’ll pole-vault in. If that doesn’t work, we’ll parachute in. But we’re going to get health care reform passed for the American people.
Sounds right.
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