Political Quotes

On the public record

All Quotes

Every politician on the site, every statement on file. Search, filter, and read the public record.

9,700+·quotes on file

Active
Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Oct 18, 2021

I have got a bill that would require the Coast Guard to partner with institutions such as the historically black community colleges and universities in order to increase diversity in the enlisted ranks.

congress.gov
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 18, 2021

The former President has not communicated any such assertion of privilege, whether formally or informally, to the Select Committee.

congress.gov
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 14, 2021

Given the time frame that we are dealing with, joy, we hope that the attorney general sees the importance of moving ahead with this indictment, moving ahead with locking Steve Bannon up, moving ahead with clearing the air that you can’t…

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 14, 2021

It is my wish for the attorney general to decide to expedite the process and the document that we sent. Clearly, the law says he has to receive it, present it to a grand jury, indict Mr. Bannon, and so he needs to do his job.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 14, 2021

Look, January 6th, Joy, was awful. It was not a movie. People saw it in real time. They saw it with their own eyes. And so, we have been tasked with the responsibility of crafting a solution. Merrick Garland has to do his job in a timely…

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 14, 2021

The select committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas so we must move forward with proceedings to refer Mr. Bannon for criminal contempt.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 14, 2021

If former President Trump thinks he can get away with what happened on January 6, by being cute with his press releases, then he has another thing coming. Nobody is off limits to a subpoena from this committee.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 14, 2021

We will put this before the United States House of Representatives, asks for a criminal referral. If we get the votes, the speaker will then transmit that document to Merrick Garland. And he has to do his job.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 14, 2021

We think Steve Bannon has information that’s germane to what happened on January 6, and if he refuses the subpoena, like we expect him to continue to do, then we’re left with no other choice.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 13, 2021

January 6th, Joy, was awful. It was not a movement. People saw it in real-time. They saw it with their own eyes.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 13, 2021

Well it`s my wishes, Joy, for the attorney general to decide to expedite the process and the document that we said. Clearly, the law says he has to receive it, present it to a grand jury, indict Mr. Bannon.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 13, 2021

Merrick Garland has to do his job in a timely manner in order for us to make sure that this doesn`t happen again.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 13, 2021

Steve Bannon and anyone else can`t flout the law and expect nothing to happen.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 8, 2021

The chair of the investigation, Congressman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, has been threatening from the very beginning that the January 6th investigation is not going to just let people defy its subpoenas.

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 8, 2021

Mr. Bannon has indicated he will try to hide behind vague references to privileges of the former president. We will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock and we will swiftly consider advancing a…

msnbc.com
Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Oct 7, 2021

We need to get that testimony in front of Congress. We need to get the contemporaneous documents.

transcripts.cnn.com