Political Quotes

“Somebody said this would render the bill a nullity. Why in the world would we Republicans want to weaken the Office of Independent Counsel, now that the administration of the folks from Arkansas are in power? We want an independent counsel, oh, how we want a strong independent counsel law. Please understand that. Second, the gentlewoman from Colorado says my substitute guts the bill. Well, it is true. It does put accountability in. It does require some oversight over the millions of dollars that one of these special creatures, who is very much above the law, can spend. If coming to Congress for appropriations after 2 years is somehow a bad move, then so be it. Do not vote for accountability. But 7 years and $40 million for the Iran Contra hearings and producing dust, it just seems to me that is not very responsible on our part. I want to make one last appeal to the freshmen, who came here hell-bent for reform. We are going to reform the way this place operates. Here is their chance.”