Robert Ehrlich: “I know when I go back home on weekends, people come up to me, and I…”

On the recordJuly 31, 1996

I know when I go back home on weekends, people come up to me, and I get a lot of credit for doing the easiest thing in the world, what no politician should get credit for in any legislative body anywhere, which is keeping his or her word. We should not get credit for it, yet we all get credit for it every weekend, every day, and in talking to my colleagues, I know we do. It is somewhat of a symbol of how far we have fallen, and this institution has fallen, our profession. We hate to admit it now, but we are full-time politicians, Members of Congress. 'For this President, words are actions.' Mr. Stephanopoulos, words are not actions. Words are cheap, words are meaningless. Words, whether it is the State of the Union, these words we are speaking tonight, if they are not backed up with real actions, are without meaning.

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Robert Ehrlich

Maryland

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Discussing the importance of keeping promises and the meaning of words in politics.

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Robert Ehrlich: “I know when I go back home on weekends, people come up to me, and I get a lot of credit for doing the easiest thing in…”

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