Political Quotes

“I made a number of promises to my constituency when I was running for Congress, and one of those promises was that I was going to submit a bill to apply the laws to Congress, all the laws and regulations that they apply to everyone else but exempt themselves from. I did that on the first day, and I mean to keep that promise. From what I hear about the district, they are not going to be interested in an application of regulations that permit us to police ourselves. I heard that if we had OSHA come in to apply to us the rules they apply to everyone else, they must shut us down. Two good things would happen if they did that: No. 1, we would do no further harm to the Republic while we were shut down; and, second, we would very quickly change those laws that shut us down. We need to live by the laws and regulations that are applied to everyone else. Also, there are some irritants out there that may be important to us, but I will tell you the harm they do us far outweighs the good they do us.”