Political Quotes

“I wish to get this ethics bill done. I think I am being about as reasonable as I can be to set aside a significant amount of time prior to the Easter recess to give you an opportunity to do the line-item veto. And prior to that time, we could have a couple of hearings on this. I also recognize that we have a process in the Senate where bills can be amended. Sometimes they don't have to be relevant or germane. But I think you have to be in the ballpark. We have a CR coming up. We have the supplemental coming up which is money matters that you could file this on. I think people would have trouble objecting to it procedurally being improper. But right now, this isn't the time to do it. We are talking about doing something to make this body and the House better places to look at from an ethics and morality standpoint. I think your forcing us to go forward on this, which we are not going to do, makes it very difficult. I say this without pointing at anyone in particular, Democrat or Republican.”