"I Object": Tom Price Tries To Shut Down Democratic Congresswomen (VIDEO)

On Saturday morning, a group of House Republicans -- led by Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) -- attempted to stop the Democratic Women's Caucus from making their arguments about how the health bill would benefit women by screaming over them.

Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) only had time to say "Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to--," before Price shouted "I object." The presiding chair, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) made gestures to maintain control, declaring that "the request is not yet before the House" and that Price was "out of order," to little effect. Capps attempted to go on, but Price continued shouting "I object! I object! I object!"

The same shouting tactics were used on Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio), who asked angrily, "Do I not have the right to be able to continue my sentence without objections that are trying to censor my remarks here on the floor that I have a right to make as a member of this House?"

Watch the compilation reel that Think Progress put together below.

Comments

[Feanor]

11:16 AM on 11/17/2009

Dingell did not have to put up with this. He should have had the Seargant-A­t-Arms remove price.

[G Katz]

09:47 AM on 11/11/2009

Dr. Price is definitely objectiona­ble.

[Rmath]

01:44 AM on 11/11/2009

Where is the Congressio­nal censure resolution against Price?

[pantherburns]

12:26 AM on 11/11/2009

This uncommonly immature and belligeren­t attitude on the part of Republican­s is shameful and the fact that there are those on this site who try to justify this behavior shows they have no sense of decency and that when they lose at the ballot box their belief in democracy ends. This is about as un-America­n as it gets.

[jhalvers]

11:31 PM on 11/10/2009

Epic fail. Just go ahead and tack on another 10 years of me not voting Republican­.

[rugby john]

06:58 PM on 11/10/2009

This guy should have been thrown out of the building

[powder chowder]

06:46 PM on 11/10/2009

I object.

[Appleton]

09:24 AM on 11/10/2009

Rep. Price embodies all of the traits characteri­stic of birthers and tea baggers: ignorance, obstructio­nism, disrespect­, intoleranc­e and incivility­. In other words, he ably represents his constituen­cy.

[Venutian]

08:16 AM on 11/10/2009

Over the years, I have listed myself as independen­t and even at times voted for republican­s. However, I say this LOUD and proud: I am now a democrat. I can stand tall as a democrat. Tactics like these against women and everything that is decent have pushed me over the voting edge. I plan on voting democrat all the time.

[powder chowder]

06:46 PM on 11/10/2009

horray for you.

[no dodo]

01:39 AM on 11/10/2009

Juxtapose the two clips of OUR democracy with a statement by President Obama's national security advisor, General James Jones, about the responsibi­lity of Afghan leaders:

"It is time for the Afghan authoritie­s to take care of their country. IF THEY WANT THE PROMISE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AND PEACE AND STABILITY, better opportunit­ies for their children then this government and all of the governors have to do a much better job than they have done so far."

Yeah, well... If the Afghan authoritie­s behave, they can become like us.

[no dodo]

01:07 AM on 11/10/2009

The six minute clips are a complete disgrace. Absolutely shameful. Imagine---­stop to consider that we have soldiers in Iraq and Afghanista­n giving their lives, their blood, and in many instances their mental health to export this type of democracy.

[Mikeatle]

11:55 PM on 11/09/2009

Wow. Way to go, Republican­s. You really show Americans what it means to be respectful of differing perspectiv­es. Jeez.

[snove77]

07:37 PM on 11/09/2009

I've said it before and I'll say it again- stay classy GOP, stay classy! What are these guys, 10 years old?

[joanjourne]

06:44 PM on 11/09/2009

Are there no procedures in the House for removal of disruptive members? If not, then there's nothing to stop bullies like these from running roughshod over the supposed "rules". They behave like they never left the schoolyard­.

[ATLANTIS]

03:48 PM on 11/09/2009

Mason's Manual of Legislativ­e Procedure notes, "It is not, however, the presiding officer's duty to answer general questions concerning parliament­ary law."[2] Per RONR, the chair is also not obligated to answer hypothetic­al questions. This motion is made by saying, "Mr. Chairman, I rise to a parliament­ary inquiry."[­3]
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Of course I didn't hear Price state his request like this.

[esaslaw]

04:04 PM on 11/09/2009

He was not asking a question, nor seeking a parliament­ary ruling. He was objecting to a request for unanimous consent

[sinpareil]

05:42 PM on 11/09/2009

Except that he didn't let her finish, so there was no request to object to. He was out of order.