Political Quotes

“this is a rule which sanctifies bad behavior. There was no real conference held on this legislation. Members of the conference who were entitled to be present to participate were not invited and were informed when they showed up that there was no conference to be held, the matter had been disposed of, and that we could simply go our way. Now let us look at what the rule does. The rule waives points of order on two things: One, germaneness and the other, scope of the conference. In each instance the conferees, without holding a meeting, contrived to concede the House rules on both points, so now they need a waiver. Why do they need a waiver? They need a waiver because they wrote something which is not germane, which was never considered in either body and which exceeds the scope of the conference. Now I want to express respect for my friend, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) who is a very decent and honorable Member of this body, but I want to say that what has been done here is, first of all, an outrage, and it is a gross abuse of the powers of the committee and a gross disregard to the rights both of other committees and of this body to know what is going on and to have an input into a matter of important concern. Now let us talk about the substance. This proposal in its title 32 recreates essentially the Atomic Energy Commission, one of the most secretive, one of the most sneaky, and one of the most dishonest agencies in government.…”