Political Quotes

“What I said was, when these bills were introduced, they were directed at the Congress. That is what I said. I talked about the bills. I did not talk about what went on amending them, et cetera. I will repeat what I said was accurate. Both Mr. Brown's bill and Mrs. Gillibrand's bill were, in fact, talking about the Congress. What I would also like to say is if my colleague wants bipartisanship, she should be happy with this amendment since it is coming from Senators Boxer and Isakson, the chairman and the vice chairman of the Ethics Committee. We did not investigate the executive branch and Countrywide's going after the people in the Bush administration and the Obama administration. We do not have that information. If she has information that shows there have been sweetheart deals over there, I certainly want to know about it. As I said, if my colleague wants to offer a first-degree amendment that broadens this, I am happy to look at it. Because if it can be shown to me that there have been abuses over there, from the mortgage companies going after these folks over there, I am happy to agree to that. I would have to take it to Senator Isakson because he is, in fact, the coauthor. Also, I have to point out that this same amendment I offered was put forward in a bill by Senator Cornyn in 2008. So there is a lot of interest on this. I am a person who likes to know what I am talking about. I try very hard.…”