Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, pursuant to rule IX, I rise in regard to a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: Whereas on March 5, 2014, during a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Committee Chairman Darrell E. Issa gave a statement and then posed ten questions to former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who stated that she was invoking her Fifth Amendment right not to testify; Whereas the committee's ranking member, Representative Elijah E. Cummings, clearly sought recognition to take his turn for questions under committee and House rules; Whereas Chairman Issa then unilaterally adjourned the hearing and refused to allow him to make any statement or ask any questions; Whereas Ranking Member Cummings protested immediately, stating: ``Mr. Chairman, you cannot run a committee like this. You just cannot----'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend. The Chair is going to ask, in the name of decorum of the House, that Members not display their electronic devices. It is a violation of the House rules. Regular order would be putting the iPads down. The House will not proceed until there is decorum in the House. The gentleman will suspend. Proceedings will not resume until there is decorum in the House. {time} 1745 Parliamentary Inquiry”