Political Quotes

“about 170 or so years ago, John Quincy Adams came to the House floor night after night reading letters from his constituents because the conservative leaders of the House of Representatives in those days passed a rule prohibiting banning the debate and discussion of slavery in the United States. He read letters mostly from women in his Massachusetts district protesting the cutting off of debate, the fact that conservative leadership in Congress simply did not want this discussed. Today, 165 years later, I have come to the House night after night reading letters from any constituents, talking about corruption in the Bush administration, talking about the money we are spending on reconstruction in Iraq, talking about the billion dollars a week, a third of it from private contractors, money that goes to the friends of the President and the companies and contributors supporting the President, and really wondering why this administration and the conservative leaders in this Congress will not allow us to discuss this. I have gotten letter after letter from my Ohio constituents wondering why Vice President Cheney still gets $13,000 every month from the Halliburton Company, the company of which he was CEO 3 years before he was Vice President, a company that is still receiving millions, hundreds of millions of dollars in unbid government contracts.”