Political Quotes

“The answer is no, if in fact the chairman of the committee, the ranking member of the committee and other members who had that information made available to them did not reach that conclusion. I am confident that I could find in the Agriculture Committee, in every other committee here, a staff member who would say after we voted something out, if they knew all of that information they probably would not have voted that way. If we operate with that as the basis for whether or not it is worthy to refer back to a committee a nomination or a piece of legislation, we are not going to get very far. Again, I am not in any way--please let my colleague understand and the record show--I am not in any way questioning the motivation of my colleague from Mississippi. What I am suggesting is that a close look at the facts and the law makes an overwhelming and compelling case that Justice Dennis did exactly the right thing when he concluded that there was no need to recuse himself.”