Political Quotes

I thank Representative McGovern for holding this Special Order hour to discuss the importance of nuclear security. As the only Ph.D. physicist in Congress, I feel I have a special responsibility to join this discussion and to ask what we…

This made the discharge petition much more effective at its intended purpose, which is sort of to operate as a safety valve against, you know, the Speaker's rather dictatorial power.

Was there anything you wanted to add about the oil cap policy that you didn't have a chance to during the previous round of questioning?

I have been amused for a long time at how can it be that there is legislation supported by 70 or 80 percent of the public, a clear majority of Members of Congress, and yet we are not allowed to even vote on it.