Political Quotes

“Under current law, you do not have to disclose it. That was not accurately described by the Senator's statement. Second, meals do not count at all under current law. They do not even count against the $100 or the $250. They do not count at all. The Senator in his presentation of current law compared it to the bill and said meals do count. They do not count at all under current law. Third, the Senator said that you could take all the meals that you want under the committee substitute which is before us. You can take one of these gifts, $19, every single night. The answer to that is probably not, or perhaps not, because the provision which is in the executive branch rules which we voted overwhelmingly to try to pattern our new rules after have language which prevents you from accepting gifts having a value of less than $20 from the same or different sources on a basis so frequent that a reasonable person would be led to believe that the Member, officer, or employee is using public office for private gain.”