Kendrick Meek: “No. Some have left and have pled. Forget about a trial. They have said, oh, I am guilty. So that is not an issue. Some…”

“No. Some have left and have pled. Forget about a trial. They have said, oh, I am guilty. So that is not an issue. Some of it is alleged, ongoing now; but some of it is actually proven. So that means that we have a lot of work to do in a bipartisan way. And I am going to be honest. Like it or not, Mr. Speaker, I am glad that this Speaker took some steps as it relates to talking about the issue that we do have a problem and we need to do something about it. Is it almost like many people that are struggling with substance abuse, they have to first say they have a problem for them to even get on the road of recovery. I talked last night about the fact that how can you operate a government in a fiscal way, in a responsible way, in a way that Democrats, Republicans, independents and other party members would like for their government to function in this democracy; how can you do it under a culture of corruption, cronyism and incompetence. You just cannot do it. This is not the 30-something Working Group report, this is not your report, it is not my report. It is what the American people know, and that is what people are reporting about, and we have all of these investigations going on.”