Political Quotes

“I thank the Chair for the opportunity to address the House and people across the country. I am joined today by two of my friends, Jared Huffman, Congressman from northern California; and Dan Kildee, Congressman from Flint, Michigan. We are here on another very important topic. We just heard our friend, Jamie Raskin from Maryland, talking about gun violence and the need to try to limit that and bring it under control, but today we have another very important topic, a very troubling topic, and it has to do with the sovereignty of our Nation. {time} 1730 It has to do with our freedom, and it is really as pretty simple as that. This country separated from England so that we could be a sovereign nation, so that we could rule ourselves, and right now that is a real big question as to whether or not that is happening, because it is clear that the Russians interfered with our elections last year. The investigation into that interference now has resulted in at least 13 indictments of Russians, coupled with indictments of 5 or 6 people, 5 of whom have pled guilty to some crime or another based upon the investigation conducted by Robert Mueller. There seems to be something going on between the Trump administration and Russia, and we want to know what it is. The investigation is directed at that. Mr. Speaker, it starts with something that we asked for last year. We asked to see the President's tax returns. We asked for it on a number of occasions.…”