Political Quotes

On the recordApril 17, 2012
If we are going to turn these hearings into veritable able kangaroo courts, then we should drop the pretense that we are actually engaged in objective oversight or legitimate fact finding.
Said by
Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler condemns the committee's hearings as lacking legitimacy.

Share & report

More from Jerry Nadler

Dec 12, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan), the chairman of the committee, says we don't like what the American people did. Well, obviously we don't. We lost the election…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-12
Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Arizona says the Biden administration has enacted rules that will cost $1.4 trillion. Over what period of time, he doesn't tell us, and I don't know…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Dec 17, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman wants to criticize the Republican leadership of the House for not bringing to the floor the 12 appropriations bills that they promised they would and…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-17
Dec 5, 2024

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 7198, the Prove It Act, represents the latest effort by Republicans to dismantle the regulatory process, giving well- resourced special interests a powerful new…

Congressional Record · 2024-12-05

Other voices in this conversation