Political Quotes

“let me first apologize to the wonderful people who work for this House. I am sorry we are keeping you late, I am sorry I am contributing to that. As far as the American people, I want to apologize for the expense of this speech and the others. It costs about $8,000 an hour for special orders. I tried when the Democrats were in the majority to do away with it, to have us use a room upstairs, let these good people, approximately 80 House employees, go home. There is no reason for these 80 people to be here, there is no reason for the clock to keep running. And I hope that some of my Republican friends who are equally cost-conscious would work with me on ending this practice. Mr. Speaker, there is a room upstairs we can use. We do not have to keep 80 people around. My worries are not so great they need to be transcribed, and I can always ask that they be included in the Record if I think it is worthwhile. I have been here almost nine years, and in those nine years have come to the conclusion that both the political parties have degraded themselves to the point where they are not much more than organizations that raise money and peddle influence.”