Political Quotes

“this last month has been a hard month: Hard for our soldiers in Iraq as we lost more lives than any previous month; it was hard on the people of that troubled country; and it was hard on the American public as citizens of conscience and people who are footing the bill. It has also been hard on Congress. I personally believe the Speaker and the chair of the key committees to be people of conscience, and they must be terribly embarrassed as the world sees what happens when Congress shirks its responsibility to set policy, control spending and provide oversight. It is as sad as it is outrageous that Congress and the President of the United States find out at the same time as millions of people around the world about the unconscionable abuses in Iraqi prisons. Now, the President will have to settle with Donald Rumsfeld as to why he has been kept out of the loop, but we in Congress have only ourselves to blame if we continue to avoid being a constructive partner, making sure that these abuses stop.”