Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the most important words of our Constitution are the first three--``We the People.'' It is the mission statement of our Nation--a nation of the people, by the people, for the people, as President Lincoln so eloquently stated, not a nation of, by, and for the powerful and the privileged. Yet the powerful and the privileged are working overtime to undermine our Constitution. Ironically, they are using the courts to do it. We have seen it happening all week long as the Judiciary Committee has barreled ahead with hearings on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. This is the same Judge Kavanaugh whose record from 5 years of serving in a Presidential administration is still being hidden from the Senate and from the people of the United States of America. For 5 years, Brett Kavanaugh had the ear of the President on a number of critical issues--on how we treat enemy combatants, conduct wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, use and expand Executive power through signing statements, or how the authorization for the use of military force is utilized. For 5 years, in the inner circle of America, he had been engaged in policy after policy after policy. Yet Chairman Grassley and the committee Republicans are unwilling to allow that record of insights on his views to be shared with Senators under advice and consent responsibility. Then there is this parallel process in which the documents that are being made available are first being vetted by Bill Burck.…”