Political Quotes

“Madam President, I wanted to follow up for a moment because we are talking about the No. 2 person in the Department of Justice, and one of our responsibilities is to make sure executive agencies perform their function. The Judiciary Committee has the responsibility to make sure the Department of Justice is doing its work. But we, the Judiciary Committee, recommended the confirmation of the Deputy Attorney General 6 months ago. How can we expect the Attorney General to get the work done if we do not give him the help in the confirmation process? I agree completely with the chairman of the Judiciary Committee--we should have the courage to vote up or down a Deputy Attorney General-- but I really took this time because I find it amazing that Jim Cole has not been confirmed. See, I happen to know Jim Cole. I have had experiences of working with Jim Cole in my official capacity as a Member of Congress. He was selected to be our Special Counsel in an extremely complicated and difficult matter in the Ethics Committee in the House of Representatives. He wasn't selected by me. At the time, Porter Goss, a Republican from Florida, was the chairman of our committee, and he worked with six of us in a very difficult investigation, and he brought the six of us together because of the professional manner in which Jim Cole attacks any of the problems with which he is confronted. He is not a partisan; he is a professional.…”