What I would have asked Brownwood's Congressman Mike Conaway (see end of article)
Saturday April 23, 2005
News
Congressman updates area officials on national issues
By Steve Nash -- Brownwood Bulletin
Social programs and energy were among topics U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway of the 11th Congressional District discussed with city and county officials from Brown and neighboring counties Friday at Brownwood City Hall.
Conaway, a Republican from Midland and freshman congressman, said Friday's gathering was his third regional meeting in which he discusses issues with local officials.
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An audience member asked Conaway why it typically takes Congress a long time to accomplish anything. The answer, Conaway said, "is just raw, ugly politics."
"A policy as broad and wide-ranging as Social Security, if we pass that on a party line vote, we don't have the right answer," he said. "We can talk all day about being the party in charge ... we're short a statesman in Congress. Solutions don't wear jerseys. They don't wear Democratic jerseys, they don't wear Republican jerseys.
"Right now we're not doing a very good job of being able to work with each other. We're so worried that letting the other side have a better idea will be to our ultimate demise, that in many instances we will disagree with their better ideas just (because) we can't let them win.
"We don't know how to let the other side win gracefully, we don't know how to lose gracefully, and that's not good for a system that demands compromise. "We don't know how to work with each other in a nonpartisan way to effect what's good for America.
source: http://www.brownwoodbulletin.com/articles/2005/04/23/news/news01.txt
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end of article: I would have asked my Congressman to comment on the following:
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