Who wins this contest? Ballot order determined by random drawing.
Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-5)
Steven Palazzo (MS-4)
Renee Ellmers (NC-2)
Sean Duffy (WI-7)
Kerry Bentivolio (MI-11)
Steve Pearce (NM-2)
Tom Cotton (AR-4)
Trent Franks (AZ-8)
Michelle Bachman (MN-6)
Fred Upton (MI-6)
Virginia Foxx (NC-5)
Louie Gohmert (TX-1)
Lamar Smith (TX-21)
Spencer Bachus (AL-6)
Paul Broun (GA-10)
Correct quote “They never opened their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.”
Thomas Brackett Reed
Speaker of the House of Representatives (December 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891)
I came across the quote reading The Great American Railroad War by Dennis Drabelle.
I do not know how to make this a "Poll" without losing the attribution for the quote and a plug for the book.
If you know how to to that, make it your poll.
If you substitute Corporate America for the Union Pacific, it's a description of the current Congress.