Political Quotes

“I am proud of my colleague from Arizona for bringing up this amendment, and I am tired of the Department of Justice dictating to the States. It's about time that we embellished and supported States to actually help us with this. And I want to remind our colleagues, if it's good enough for us--here's my card in order to vote--it should be good enough for the rest of the United States. What we do in Congress we should do for the rest of the country, and this is where it starts. There are so many things that we can talk about, but it's about time that we stopped suing States. And I think this is a great amendment-- rewarding good behavior instead of rewarding bad behavior--and giving our Department of Justice an outline of what good behavior is, because I think they've lost their way. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.”