Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) vividly illustrated the recklessness and incompetence of our current government. He said about those who ask that our elected representatives read the bill:
I love these members, they get up and say, “Read the bill.” What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?”
James Madison is spinning in his grave.
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