Political Quotes

“I want to thank my good friend for yielding and very much appreciate his leadership on our committee. Madam Speaker, I want to rise to oppose both the rule and the underlying legislation. Before I do, though, I include in the Record four newspaper articles discussing the majority's concern about the Postal Service. The first is a Wall Street Journal editorial; a column by Rich Lowry appearing in the New York Post; a column by Byron York, appearing in the Washington Examiner; and a column by Ruth Goldway, a former commissioner of the Postal Service, appearing in the New York Times. All four articles make it clear that the majority's reasons for bringing this legislation, frankly, are ludicrous, and that what they are proposing actually will make it more difficult to reform. [From the Wall Street Journal, Aug. 17, 2020] Nancy Pelosi Goes Politically Postal (By the Editorial Board) Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back into session this week to address fears that the U.S. Postal Service is being infiltrated by alien lizard people posing as letter carriers. OK, it isn't quite that bad. The actual conspiracy theory holds that President Trump is strangling the USPS to hack the November election. But talk about ``unsubstantiated,'' as the press likes to call Donald Trump's Twitter emissions. Democrats should be deeply embarrassed that their leadership has embraced such claims.…”