Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, some people have said that this bill is unnecessary because what is being done by the White House is simply going after waste, fraud, and abuse. I want to explain why that is actually the opposite of what they are doing. First, we have to clarify that all of us in this body are the fiscal custodians of our Nation's wealth. To allow corruption or waste to persist is to squander the taxpayers' hard-earned money. We are all aligned on that issue. Second, I would note that while we certainly have had our share of financial scandals and corruption over our history, they have almost always involved the illegal transfer of wealth from the government to the private sector--from patronage jobs to no-bid contracts to inflated hotel rates for Secret Service agents at the Trump hotel. There is a pattern there. The easy proof of that is that while our Nation seems to have a lot of billionaires lately, you won't find them among our country's TSA workers, air traffic controllers, food inspectors, IRS agents, soldiers, intelligence officers, or the numerous other people who have dedicated their lives to public service, which makes sense. Those of us in public service have chosen to live lives of elevated public scrutiny. A free press keeps tabs on us. Inspectors general and whistleblowers exist to ensure that grift and fraud are caught quickly.…”