Political Quotes

“Reclaiming and thanking the gentleman from Texas, I'd point out into the Record, Mr. Speaker, that some months ago the Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner, came before a couple of committees, Financial Services and Ag. And the question that I posed to him, and he was bound to answer that question under oath, was I made the point that President Obama was elected at least in part because he had declared and effectively made an argument, however it might have been true or untrue, that President Bush had gone into Iraq without an exit strategy. So I made the point in my question that President Obama had engaged in, supported, and participated in the nationalization of about half of our private sector, and that is the three large investment banks, AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, General Motors, Chrysler, I didn't go on into the nationalization of our skin and everything inside it which is ObamaCare. But in that letter that he was obligated to answer under oath, 2 months later I got a response back. And I do want to give Secretary Geithner credit. There are some members of this Cabinet that simply don't answer my letters. They apparently don't think they're accountable to Members of Congress, and they don't think that we might decide to send them a little less money when it's time to do the budget. But Geithner did answer the letter. It was seven pages long.…”