Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, there is probably nothing more sacred to Americans, nothing more important to protect, than the democratic electoral process which has made this, by far, the greatest country in the world, giving everyone an opportunity to participate. {time} 1645 We are here today to hold Lois Lerner in contempt. It has been stated she didn't have her rights recognized. She has the right to take the Fifth. She has done that under the Constitution. We brought her in twice, May 22, 2013, and March 2014. She began--and you can see the tapes--declaring her innocence. Even before that, when it was pointed out that she was at the heart of this matter--in fact, everyone, her employees, when she tried to throw them under the bus, they said she threw them under a convoy of Mack trucks. Every road leads to Lois Lerner. Lois Lerner held the Congress of the United States in contempt and is holding it in contempt. Lois Lerner held the electoral process that is so sacred to the country in contempt. Lois Lerner has held the American people and the process that they cherish and the chief financial agency, the IRS--whom we all have to account to--as a tool to manipulate a national election. This was a targeted, directed, and focused attempt, and every road leads to Lois Lerner. She has had twice the opportunity to come before Congress and to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and she has failed to do that.…”