Political Quotes

“I thank Mr. Clay for convening us this evening to discuss this very important matter. Why is it so important? Well, we live in a time of rampant official lawlessness and disrespect for the Constitution of the United States. But I am not here to talk about the Emoluments Clause or the power of Congress to declare war, or about equal protection. I am here to join my colleagues in talking about an incident of artistic discrimination committed by this institution, an assault on the First Amendment. Why is it so important? I was thinking about a professor I had who wrote a book about broken windows. The thesis of the book basically was that if windows are broken in the neighborhood and nothing is done about it, it sends the message that you can go on to bigger and better things. In other words, petty crimes and misdemeanors unaddressed go on to become high crimes and misdemeanors. When we started the 115th Congress, unfortunately, within the first week or two, we started with a broken Constitutional window, Mr. Clay, because we allowed, we tolerated, and we countenanced an act of vigilante discrimination and censorship by certain Members against speech by the constituents of other Members.…”