Political Quotes

Rep. Corrine Brown: Well, Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman heard my testimony, one person, Mr. Richard Parker's father, saw the person who had…

On the recordMay 14, 1997
Well, Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman heard my testimony, one person, Mr. Richard Parker's father, saw the person who had his arm cut off with a machete. So if one has money, one can buy anything. So one of the things that I found out that if one is a drug user, it is easy to purchase in prison. I mean one can get it and one can get as much as one wants, and one can become an addict in prison.
Said by
Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida

Editor's note · Context

Discussing drug use and accessibility in prison during a speech.

Share

More from Rep. Corrine Brown

Jun 26, 2002

I had the Committee on Government Reform do a study in my district, and we compared what the seniors in the Third Congressional District of Florida pay. We pay 131 percent more for a brand-name prescription than other consumers and 98…

govinfo.gov
Dec 5, 2001

The one thing that I want to say on that, and it goes back to what I said earlier, the letter that Jimmy Carter, former President Carter and former President Ford said was give the American people a Christmas President. Give them election…

govinfo.gov
Jun 6, 2002

today is another sad example of why it matters who is in charge. We see today what the priorities are for this house leadership. For Republicans, the answer to every problem we have in this nation, and we have plenty, is tax cuts. The…

govinfo.gov
Dec 5, 2001

I have one question. The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) talked about his mother's soup. Now I need him to know that my grandmother used to do a sweet potato pie, and I mean her pie was the best pie, and those ingredients that she put…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation