Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I strongly support H. Res. 430, which authorizes litigation to compel Attorney General Barr to provide key evidence underlying the Mueller report and the unredacted report itself, authorizes a civil suit to compel Don McGahn to provide the Committee on the Judiciary with documents and testimony, and, prospectively, allows committee chairs to bring civil actions on behalf of their committees to enforce their subpoenas without a subsequent full House vote when authorized by the bipartisan legal advisory group. H. Res. 430 is key to ensuring that Congress is able to efficiently exercise its constitutional responsibilities in light of the unprecedented stonewalling by the Trump administration and a President who has openly said such things as: ``We're fighting all the subpoenas,'' and, ``I don't want people testifying.'' Who does he think he is? A dictator? The committees have requested information that we are constitutionally entitled to, as a coequal branch of government, and that we need to fulfill our legislative and oversight responsibilities.…”