“This is typical Washington, D.C., insider politics. The idea that head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce would rather pick fight with the 87 freshmen than with Democrats, that’s pretty disappointing. But that’s what’s different about the freshman class. We don’t listen to folks inside the beltway, we listen to constituents across the country.”
– Kansas freshman Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R.-Kan., quoted in Politico responding to Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue, who said this week that the Chamber would “get rid of” freshmen who refused to vote for raising the debt ceiling.
