Political Quotes

“I withdraw the unanimous consent request and express my appreciation for hearing that at a later time the leader will determine how he feels the time should be allotted. I am glad he is thinking about some allocation of time to the minority. I also say that my friend from Arizona raised questions and made statements about the 9/11 Commission of which Governor Kean is chairman. Of course, that has a number of people on it, such as Senator Max Cleland. But as we have read from the press accounts, even Governor Kean, a Republican, is concerned about the lack of information. From the 9/11 Commission, Governor Kean has indicated publicly that he may go to as far as issuing subpoenas to the White House to get the information he hasn't gotten yet. If we are talking about divulging information, one of the things that we need to talk about is what has gone on in preparing this intelligence report between the White House and the Intelligence Committee which is supposed to be sacrosanct in itself. Numerous questions have been raised about what the intelligence community told the Bush administration about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein and how administration officials used this information in the days leading up to the war with Iraq. What was the factual basis for the administration's assertion that Iraq attempted to acquire uranium in Niger?”