Political Quotes

“I say further to the minority leader, I do not know if he was aware of the amount of work. But here are almost 300 pages of a report by the Pillsbury firm. It was the initial report in December, and then this is the supplemental report of February that comes in. There is in excess of 300 pages after a 2-year study, by the way. This is 2 years of work, some $4 million, as I pointed out earlier. I was not aware whether or not the minority leader knew exactly how extensive this report was. Further, may I inquire of the minority leader, he pointed out earlier how much time had been spent on matters such as Medicare, Medicaid, education, health, and the environment. I inquire of the minority leader whether or not he was aware that over the past 2 years, in addition to almost 50 hearings, by the way, on the Whitewater matter, and I gather another 15 hearings on Waco and Ruby Ridge, some 60 hearings, more than 60 hearings were conducted, juxtapose that with the hearings that were not held, frankly, in this 104th Congress on the issues that people do care about. The minority leader, was he aware of the number of hearings?”