Political Quotes

“ladies and gentleman, there are a lot of important reforms in title II of this part of the rules package tonight. One of those sections in there eliminates legislative service organizations or, as some have come to be known, taxpayer funded caucuses. The gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Roberts], sitting in the back of the Chamber, spent 14 years, and I have joined him the last 4 years, along with other Members, the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Kleczka], in trying to reform these LSO's, but, no, we could never get real reform of LSO's. We could never get a full accounting of the funds. We could never build a wall between these taxpayer-funded caucuses and outside 5013(c) organizations these foundations. And so putting this in the rules package guarantees that no longer will the U.S. House of Representatives have to fund these organizations. That means less space, less overhead, less cost to America's taxpayers. It is the right move, and the people who put this in here ought to be congratulated.”