Political Quotes

“I wanted to make that clear to the Members, that these projects have to go through the process. I am not going to respond to every point that has been made about the White House, Mr. Speaker, because I think that would be time-consuming and I am not going to take that time. I will take it when this bill comes on for consideration in full. Mr. Speaker, I do want to nip-in-the-bud this issue about these planes to Normandy. I am pleased that the gentleman from Indiana is here. In 1984 President Reagan went to Normandy from June 1 to 10, 1984. President Clinton went to Normandy June 1 to 8, 1994, not just to Normandy but obviously to other places, as did President Reagan. President Reagan went to Ireland, London, France, Normandy, London, and returned. President Clinton went to Italy, the United Kingdom, France, the United Kingdom, and returned, so essentially the trips were analogous. Mr. Speaker, President Reagan had 43 people on his plane. He traveled in a smaller plane. It was before President Bush got the new plane. President Clinton had 45 people, two more.”