Political Quotes

“My amendment is a fairly simple amendment. It goes into the section and limits the funds for travel by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to countries that are state sponsors of terrorism. And it simply says none of the funds may be used to support travel by the Speaker to the nations specifically of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria. And the reason for that... is that there are two constraints on the Speaker of the House. One of them is a constitutional constraint that vests the authority of foreign policy into the President of the United States. And that's clear. And that's established in the Constitution and codified by our founders specifically so there wouldn't be a division of messages, that we would speak with one voice on foreign policy. And when they had problems with that even after the ratification of the Constitution, then they passed the Logan Act, which has been in law for over 200 years. And the Logan Act prohibits anyone representing the United States, without the authority of the administration, to conduct foreign policy.”