Political Quotes

“Madam President, we have now had a day where the Attorney General testified before the Judiciary Committee, and many issues are not resolved because there are great discrepancies based on Mr. Mueller's letter that has been made public--two letters, in fact, that have been made public between what Mr. Barr has been saying and what Mr. Mueller believes. The cloud that hangs over our country because of Russian interference in our elections--and, frankly, that hangs over the President because of the actions Mr. Mueller outlined in his report--remains. There is a great need to clear all of that up and to clear all of it up with no ands, ifs, or buts. I was shocked when I heard the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, my friend and colleague whom I have traveled with, Lindsey Graham, come out of the hearing and say that he was not going to call Mueller for a hearing. The fact that he on his own, despite the desires of many other members of the committee, would simply say that Mueller is not going to testify was so outrageous and wrong. So I went to my colleague here on the floor--my friend Lindsey Graham. I said to him: How can you do this? This is outrageous. He said: I am just going to ask Mr. Mueller in a letter if Barr said anything misleading or inaccurate but not have the hearing. I was appalled. Now I see on a tweet by a reporter, Emma Dumain, that Lindsey Graham has slightly modified what he has said.…”