Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman. Madam Speaker, if the constitutional arguments are so clear, we should be able to get this out of the district court in very short order, presumptively with the decision that my chairman would like. Madam Speaker, I want to ask my friend from Virginia again--what I have seen from Mr. Griffith, Madam Speaker, is someone who has fought on behalf of the institution, not on behalf of Republicans, not on behalf of Democrats. Without throwing my friend under the bus, he has been in the minority of my conference as often as he has been in the majority, fighting to do the right thing because he thought we were on the wrong path. And he was saying: You know what? You may think this is politically expedient today, but you are going to regret this. And the decisions we make aren't about politics, they are about people. They are about the institution. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Griffith).”