Political Quotes

“Let's keep in mind, President Obama, it took us 6 years to get to the bottom of the Fast and Furious scandal, and we still didn't get all of the information we wanted. For 6 years, President Obama fought various ways in the court. Was that impeachable? Of course, we didn't try to impeach the President. Every President, I am sure, including George Washington, had differences with Congress. We have multiple branches of government. So the legislative branch has powers. When we exercise those powers in regard to the executive branch, the executive branch also has an equal opportunity to have a discussion, first of all, to see if we can come to an agreement. Again, if you go back to the Clinton impeachment or you go back to the Nixon impeachment, both sides reached an agreement. Your majority never tried to go reach an agreement with the White House on how to get access to whatever it is you might have wanted to get access to. What is a fair process? Allowing the President to have his legal counsel in the room to ask questions to witnesses, that was denied. But that negotiations didn't happen. It did happen in Nixon. It did happen in Clinton. And so you had a fair process of back and forth, where, ultimately, they agreed on rules of the game during an impeachment. It didn't happen here. So when your majority asked, through various committees, for information from the White House, the White House has the ability to exercise other rights. Again, letter after letter.…”