Political Quotes

“I appreciate the ruling of the Chair, and it is very apparent to me and, I hope, to Members of this House that the majority does not want any of the minority, anybody, talking about ethics questions on the floor of the House. They just do not want us to discuss it. They want to keep it secret, they do not want anybody to know anything about it, they want it all to go away until after the election. Well, there are those of us who feel that we in this House of Representatives, which has been a stalwart in the world as far as democracy is concerned, have a right to voice our opinion on the floor of the House on this subject because we feel that this subject is one that has to do with the image of the people, how the people look at the United States House of Representatives. I do not think that the public really appreciates a House of Representatives where Members cannot even discuss on the floor those things--I can walk right out in that hall, I can go up into the press gallery, I can go up the steps and go back in my district, I could do it in my home, I could do it in my office, I can do it anyplace else. I can discuss all the problems that the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has and Newt Gingrich has and the fact that the chairman of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has just stalled this whole process. I can do it all there, but I cannot do it here. That is the ruling of the Chair. They do not want me to say it, folks.…”