Political Quotes

“I am grateful we are here, but I am at a loss to understand what the controversy has been about over these last several months. A resolution like this should have passed without discussion months ago. This really is not a partisan issue. But unfortunately with the stonewalling of the administration and the majority party, it has become one. The mere oversight of the Madison Savings and Loan should have been routine, just as the oversight of Neil Bush and the Silverado Savings and Loan was. There is no difference, except that because of the constant refusal by the White House and the Democrats to investigate this matter, we now see extraneous issues rising to the surface, like suggestions of shredding of documents, improper SBA loans, sweetheart deals, withholding of information from the RTC, from the FBI, and from the IRS, sealed autopsy and death investigation documents regarding a prominent administration counsel who was alleged to have been working on private affairs of the President. We are bothered by the fact that the No. 2 and No. 3 attorneys at the Justice Department have resigned, one in the wake of suggestions of questionable billings at his former law firm, the same firm to which the First Lady belonged, possibly for billing American taxpayers too much. He being one of the best friends of the President, we are concerned the case in which he is suggested to have overbilled, lists the First Lady as co-counsel.”