Political Quotes

“According to a recent poll, 67 percent of Americans believe the President should release his tax returns just as all of his predecessors since Richard Nixon have done. During the campaign, the President even promised he would do so before falsely claiming that he couldn't release his tax returns because of an audit. There is no such thing. Yesterday's editorial board of the Washington Post wrote: ``The President is setting a precedent--that Presidents can promise one thing, do another, and end up dismissing essential standards of disclosure. Congress should not accept this erosion of good-government practice.'' So, Mr. Speaker, I couldn't agree more. And, again, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle: Your constituents will reward you for this because this is about transparency, about our democracy, about transparency being the gold standard.”