Patricia Schroeder: “I came to this floor to talk about this historic vote yesterday when all the judiciary Republicans voted unanimously…”

as I prepare to retire I understand there are some wags around here who keep saying that will be a big mouth to fill. But this is a day when I am very proud of my big mouth and I am very proud of the results that we have seen, because the…

today our prayer was about doing justice and loving mercy and today our legislative agenda is about descending these steps collecting more and more money from special interest groups. We have failed at campaign finance reform and we have…

today the New York Times lead editorial talks about this House and its stalling on ethics. This is shameful. The New York Times points out that the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is supposed to meet today, and it goes on to…

I am amazed. I think it is time we start calling the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct the admonishment committee. Yesterday they issued admonishment No. 6 for our Speaker, and they went on to say in there, which I find really…