Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice have given 31,000 pages of documents to the Congress. They provided witnesses. In fact, we have another one coming in for a transcribed interview later this month. Secretary Ross came and testified for over 6 hours. He came in front of the committee, raised his hand, swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help him God. He testified for 6 hours. Secretary Ross and Attorney General Barr are doing their jobs. What is their reward? The Democrats are going to hold them in contempt, hold them in contempt because they are so focused on this citizenship question. As Mr. Comer, who has introduced legislation, said just a few minutes ago, the citizenship question is nothing but common sense. Listen to what Justice Alito said 2 weeks ago, ``No one disputes that it is important to know how many inhabitants of this country are citizens.'' And the easiest way to figure it out is to ask a question on the Census. That is about as common sense as it gets. It is so common sense, we have only been doing it for 200 years, in one form or another. The long form, the short form, the 10-year form, the annual form, we have been doing it for 200 years. But somehow, this year: No, you can't do it this year. You can't do it this year. As Mr. Comer said, the United Nations says it is a best practice. Lots of countries do it.…”