Frank Pallone: “Okay, Mr. Speaker. Shortly after the majority leader stepped down, Time Magazine's Jonathan Alter wrote about the…”

“Okay, Mr. Speaker. Shortly after the majority leader stepped down, Time Magazine's Jonathan Alter wrote about the majority leader's tenure as majority leader and how the Republican majority leads this House. Alter recalls his first visit with DeLay a decade ago. These are Alter's own words, and I quote: ``A decade ago, I paid a call on Tom DeLay in his ornate office in the Capitol. I had heard a rumor about him that I figured could not possibly be true. The rumor was that after the GOP took control of the House that year, DeLay had begun keeping a little black book with the names of Washington lobbyists who wanted to come see him. If the lobbyists were not Republicans and contributors to his power base, they---- Parliamentary Inquiry”