Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I wish to comment on the assertion that it is the Attorney General's and the President's responsibility to enforce the law, as it does say that and as it is reflected in the Constitution. However, the Attorney General of the United States also has the duty to make sure that the taxpayers' money is well used. I often hear on the other side of the aisle a concern about unnecessary litigation or litigation that goes beyond the bounds of what is reasonable. The Attorney General also has the obligation to take a look at the laws and to examine whether or not they would withstand constitutional muster. The American people do not demand of their Attorney General to litigate laws that are clearly unconstitutional. That would be a waste of money. In the case of an accountability law and an accountability bill that clearly have flawed tools, tools which would be deemed unconstitutional, it would result in the following: it would result in managers taking actions against employees, money being spent on lawyers to dismiss these employees or otherwise discipline them, but employees being able to get their day in court and find that the provisions under which they are being disciplined are unconstitutional being reinstated after a lot of expense.…”