Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, if we really are about getting to the facts, to think that you can suggest it is a fair process when only one side gets to choose who the witnesses are--again, the gentleman references Trey Gowdy's committee. Chairman Gowdy allowed both sides, Republican and Democrat, to bring forward witnesses because he wanted to get the facts. If you really wanted to get the facts, would the chairman of the committee, literally, take the witness and run out of the room as soon as other voting Members of Congress showed up? That happened today. If the chairman really wanted to get the facts out, would he literally close the meetings? Tell all Members, Republican and Democrat, not to go talk to the press. And then somebody mysteriously, selectively leaks things to the press that are negative, in many cases disputed by other testimony that was given in secret, so it can't get out. And so you get one side of the story. I guess if you are okay with having only one side of a story told, that might be your prerogative because you are in the majority, but don't call that fair. It is clearly not fair if only one side gets to tell their story and the other side doesn't get to bring their witnesses.…”