Political Quotes

“Like the chairman, I am charmed and tickled by the argument offered by our friend Mr. Meadows, who quotes our beloved chairman in resisting a rush to a contempt vote against Attorney General Holder. Of course, two sides can play this game because the gentleman from North Carolina, of course, voted for and championed a contempt citation against the Attorney General in that case. Why would he support a contempt finding as appropriate against one Attorney General who is acting in a recalcitrant way but not against another? Madam Speaker, this is not a policy battle about the citizenship question, although my friends seem to think that it is. They have already lost that battle. They lost it in the Federal district courts three times. They lost it in the United States Supreme Court. They lost it with Chief Justice John Roberts. They lost it with the majority of the Supreme Court, a Supreme Court that was gerrymandered by Senator McConnell for precisely occasions like this, so they could get the outcome they wanted, but even that Court rejected the contrived rationale that was offered by the Commerce Department. It has been rejected by six former Census Directors. It was rejected by their own chief scientist in the Commerce Department and the Census Bureau. They lost the case under the Census Act. They lost the case under the Administrative Procedure Act. Even President Trump acknowledges that they lost.…”