Political Quotes

“Now, as my colleagues know, I have been reading about this, and I admire the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and up to Wednesday night I would say he helped grow that beautiful bouquet of flowers. But I would like to quote the gentleman from Pennsylvania when this came up in conference. It says: Representative Shuster: I am told by my staff that this is clean language to accomplish what the Senator stated. I am instructed by our leadership to accept it from my perspective. That is what I find, that the gentleman from Pennsylvania, from the leadership, and I find that leadership down on the floor, but I also find that leadership has raised all kinds of dollars all through this political process through this whole Congress from special interests. And I would like to ask anybody in this body, ethics, I think somebody should take a look at the Federal Election Commission reports and let us see where Fed Ex money is going to. How much is the Republican National Committee getting from Fed Ex? How much is the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee getting from Fed Ex? How much are the members of the leadership on that side getting from Fed Ex? I think there is our answer right there, Members. That is what this is all about. It is a payoff; that is all it is, is a payoff.”