Political Quotes

“Let me make a few comments, if I can. This was reviewed by the criminal division of DOJ today that found no violation whatsoever. Let me make another point, because I have heard accusations along the way that certain entities here in Congress don't care about whistleblower protections. We do care. We care about the whistleblower process. We care about their protections. Let's be perfectly clear on that. As Republicans, and sitting on the intelligence committee, we recognize the value of this process. We are for it. We have heard a lot of comments, yesterday especially, that were made that would imply guilty until proven innocent when we haven't even seen the whistleblower claim. We just got the transcripts of the President with the President of Ukraine today, and we don't even know the circumstances of the claim. I don't know if anyone on the other side has had contact with the whistleblower, but I know nothing about this whistleblower except that there is a whistleblower. And I have not seen the complaint, and I look forward to seeing it. We have been through a lot as a country. Time and time again, our country gets challenged--challenged from outside, challenged from within. We have been through a lot. As Mr. Spano alluded, we are about ready to go home. Yet we have got an urgent matter on our hands, we have been told; yet leadership is saying: But just go home.…”