Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, hypocrisy, as I mentioned. My colleague wants to come up here and call me a crook, the same colleague who is accused of being a woman beater. Are we really going to ignore the fact that we all have pasts, and we all have the media coming out against us on a daily basis? Every last one of us has struggled with every little ounce of what happens in public service. I can go and read about all my colleagues. I am not going to stand here to smear them. I am not going to stand here and use the time I have to say ill things about my colleagues. I refuse to stoop to that level. The only thing I want to make clear is if tomorrow when this vote is on the floor, it is in the conscience of all my colleagues that they believe that this is the correct thing to do, so be it. Take the vote. I am at peace. Whether I get expelled or I don't, I have accepted that I cannot control that fate, Mr. Speaker. I have done the best I can to serve in this body and to deliver the best I can in my campaign promises to vote as a conservative voice in this body. I stand by that. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Higgins).”