Political Quotes

“Now, when we say, ``Just keep doing it the way we have done it before,'' let us understand what we are talking about. We have a Budget Act--and I will get to that in a minute, because the Budget Act makes specific references to the Budget Committee. I will come to that one in a minute. What we have heard on this issue is just leave it the way it has been done. Let the Parliamentarian rule the way he has ruled for 20 years on these points of order. The Parliamentarian has never ruled on whether or not there is an intergovernmental mandate. The Parliamentarian has never ruled, and I will make this a parliamentary inquiry of the Chair, Has the Parliamentarian ever ruled whether or not a provision in a bill requires compliance with accounting and auditing procedures with respect to grants or other money or property provided by the U.S. Government? Have we ever had a ruling like that from the Parliamentarian?”