Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, it is clearly our responsibility to hold people accountable. There are a number of ways to do that: call them to testify, question them all day long, say whatever you want in public within reason. It is quite another thing to make it so they can't do the job because you are only paying them a dollar a year. It is outside the realm, the barriers here, of what we are supposed to be about. At some point, we went outside the norms. I have come to believe that norms are almost as important as the Constitution. You don't treat people this way. They couldn't imagine that we would do this to each other. They had that foundation that is so critical, and the law is almost as critical. I am starting to believe that the way we treat each other is the most important norm. If we can't act with a baseline sense of decency and respect that nobody's going to work for a dollar a year, respectfully, you are just messaging and insulting other people and disrespecting the dignity of this House. We can and we must do better. Mr. Chair, I oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Santos). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.”