Political Quotes

“On that point, some years ago on a white steed, Jerry Brown was going to improve government in California, former Governor Jerry Brown. He passed a bill that would limit to like $15 a month money that could be spent by lobbyists. Fifteen years ago. Everybody knows how much the legislative process improved since then. My friend the gentleman from California would attest how great it is in California right now. For Lord's sake, this is paying lip service to improving government in the name of doing something, and you are doing nothing at all. If you do not want to do these things, do not do them. But at least be honest about it and say we will have full disclosure. You will decide how to operate yourself, how you will conduct yourself in working your job, and then disclose everything to the members of your constituency back home and let them decide whether they can link it up or note. This is ridiculous. This is outrageous. This is no fix. What you have done... is set up new criteria by which you can be charged, whether you are innocent or not, and they will bring you and drag you through all the processes that they can drag you through, and you have got to prove you are innocent.”