Political Quotes

“it is kind of a sad day for me, and I will tell the Members why. Earlier in the day, standing back there I heard a dear friend of mine, a great Republican, say ``I trust Hamas more than I trust my own government.'' Those words hurt. That is a very tragic situation, because our Government is made up of a lot of people, including me and you, a lot of good judges, honest judges with families. Yes, there are corrupt judges. There are corrupt clergy. So what? Our Government is run by people in a democracy, and ``I trust Hamas more than I trust my own Government''? I heard the distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma say almost the same thing, about how paralyzed with fear we are of our own Government. We should get rid of the bad apples. Mr. Chairman, my friend, the gentleman from Indiana, asked my friend, the gentleman from Georgia, does this expand wiretapping; how intrusive. Well, it does not expand wiretapping. It provides for a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule, which the gentleman supported on February 7, 1995; which the gentleman supported when he signed the contract. What happened? Why has it suddenly become a terrible thing to have a good faith exclusion? Mr. Chairman, I will tell the Members what happened.…”