I have a problem with the way the House is run. I believe that a few people at the top of a pyramid of power have controlled this place for a long time.
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We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.
Ask anybody who has ever remodeled their house. There's always problems. They open up walls, they find this, they find that. There is always something. I'm in a business where you have to control those variables.
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
A house is kind of scary.
I have a life. My kids don't run my house.
History has long had a wall up between the kitchen and the dining room. Front of house, back of house - one group always wielded more power and influence.
In an earthquake, I shouldn't run out of the house - I should run into it.
Once you come up with a premise, you have to work out how it all happened. It's a bit like coming up with a spectacular roof design first. Before you can get it up there, you need to build a solid foundation and supporting structure.
The people don't run the system; the people are victims of the system. The people choose the leaders thinking that they will help them. But when they turn around, there is no help.
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