Political Quotes

“if I could respond then to the Senator from Pennsylvania, he is absolutely correct. There is a second event which again calls into question the objectivity of the Justice Department and I think requires us to add a second element to this request for the appointment of a special counsel. On July 11, Assistant Attorney General Andrew Fois, who is a political appointee running the Office of Legislative Affairs, and who frankly is very unlikely to have access to the classified information, the sensitive information on which Chairman Thompson based his opening statement about the influence of Chinese money in American Government on, this individual, this Assistant Attorney General, sent a letter asserting that the chairman's statement did not represent the views of the executive branch. Now, this is important for the following reason. Recall that when Chairman Thompson began the Governmental Affairs hearings, he announced that the committee had sensitive information implicating the Chinese Government for its efforts to involve itself illegally and improperly in American political campaigns.”