Pete Stark: “Mr. Chairman, one, I would remind the distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) that we offered a unanimous…”

“Mr. Chairman, one, I would remind the distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) that we offered a unanimous consent request which would absolutely cut out the payment with any taxpayers' money and it was rejected by his side of the aisle. I would further remind the gentleman that, while they have spent the better part of a year and a half or better part of a year trying to get rid of a duly elected Democrat to the House of Representatives who committed no crime, other than to get elected, the Republicans are harboring a convicted felon in their delegation and have done nothing except see that his salary is paid and that he is an active Member of the Republican House delegation. So I would suggest that one ought to be careful about talking about who pays money to crooks on whose time, because it is the Republicans that are supporting a crook in their midst and not doing anything to get rid of him.”