Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, actually this amendment is offered by the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Cardin] and myself in bipartisan fashion. Basically it serves to overcome an anomaly that might have been created were it not adopted, in that the moratorium, the ninth moratorium on the filing of complaints to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, expired last week, and unless we adopt this amendment, frankly, what it means is that the filings which came in to the committee between the ending of the moratorium and the time which these rules were amended might be considered under the old rules, or they might be considered under the new rules, but, frankly, nobody would really know, and especially the counsel for respondents would be in a disastrous position if they were required to respond to allegations against their clients under both sets of rules. So this is an attempt to clear that up and would simply make sure that everyone knows that any complaints coming up to the point of the adoption of this new package will be considered under this new package.”