Carolyn Maloney: “With so few days left in this legislative session, this is a time when we could be talking about how to help create…”

“With so few days left in this legislative session, this is a time when we could be talking about how to help create jobs, improve education, and lower the deficit. That is surely what the American people really care about. Instead, the greatest deliberative body in the world is quarreling about bringing a contempt charge to the floor of Congress against the Attorney General. It has never happened before. And let's be clear: it's not about finding the truth or creating reforms or finding out how gun walking started. We know how that started--it started under the Bush administration. What this is about is just the Republican leadership pursuing single- mindedly a political vendetta, a political obsession. Like Ahab going after the great white whale, they are hoping to spill political blood. This is the type of gamesmanship and partisanship that understandably makes the American people lose faith in their Congress and in their leaders. Tomorrow, if it comes to the floor, vote ``no'' and let's get back to work on the real problems. ____________________”