Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this amendment, that my friend has brought up, seeks to include an attempt to remove something that is very needed and necessary among civil service. And I say to Mr. Connolly that this amendment coming within the NDAA, is a poor attempt at reversing something that is important to remain. The legislation was written to override President Trump's executive order 13957, as has been mentioned, which was entitled ``Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service,'' and I supported President Trump's order in that regard. But it guaranteed--and this is the issue--that civil servants in policy-making roles could not be held accountable when they were insubordinate to the President and members of the President's administration. {time} 0140 Why in the world would we not want there to be accountability when there is insubordination? That just is common sense. It is common sense that we have the ability to stand up when people are opposing or being insubordinate. The bottom line is that the voters elect the President, and then the President nominates administration officials to implement the policy that the voters have elected the President to implement. When career officials resist implementing those mandates, then they are, in effect, resisting the voters. This is, to me, at the heart of this whole issue right here.…”