Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, let me repeat that to my colleagues, especially those on the Republican side. If you vote ``no'' on the previous question, we can have this debate. We can have a debate about how we get big money out of politics. We can have a debate about how we drain the swamp, how we clean this place up. You can go around and say you want to drain the swamp. That is just rhetoric, because what you are really doing is you are helping the well-off and the well-connected. The people who give the most money, they get their legislation to the floor. Regular people routinely get their interests blocked in this Chamber. It is time to clean up this place.”