Political Quotes

“I was not in the room when the interaction occurred between the gentleman from California (Mr. Stark) and other Members of Congress, but I was in the library when the police came in and said that Democrats were causing a disturbance, and the police were required to come. This is the second time I have been on the floor of the House and been required to do something that is distasteful for me as a Member of Congress. The first was with the Committee on Standards of Conduct, and the second is with the chairman of my committee. Members know I have been a judge. When a judge hosts a courtroom, he or she sets the standard. The chairman must set the standard in a committee room. We are talking about an interaction that went on this day, but I came from the Committee on Financial Services where I had a chairman who allowed members of the committee to speak and did not cause members to react to his response. If Members check the transcript of our hearings, every time someone says something, the chairman has a response for whatever witness it is. Mr. Speaker, I have respect for the chairman. I find it hard to stand here today, but the reality is that he called the police on his colleagues, and no one can take a thing away from that.”