Political Quotes

“This Congress has spent more than 20 or close to $20 million on 50 investigations, 50 different investigations. Ken Starr Dan Burton, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Hoekstra), the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling); all of them have something in common, for they go after their political enemies. For, as we rise today, those on this side of the aisle, and I would hope that we would be joined by some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, asking simply for fairness, asking simply for us to follow the rules in which this Congress, and as a first-term Member I am not privy nor do I have practical experience in all the rules of this Body, but I do know my history: Madam Speaker, the extraordinary power our colleagues seek to grant this committee, we set precedent by giving it to the committee of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton).”