Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Washington for her remarks. She is spot on. I am reminded of a quote from President Franklin Roosevelt who faced the same kind of complaints from then who he called the economic royalists. We can call them robber barons, oligarchs, you name it. They complained and said that FDR was trying to overthrow the institutions of America. President Roosevelt said: ``What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.'' Here we are again. I think we can no longer allow anyone over here to play footsies with the corporate overlords and robber barons who have their heels on the necks of the American people. We need to restore competition and break the monopolies. My colleague from the Granite State gets this, having worked in the Justice Department to take on monopolies. She has been in the trenches in the fight against this kind of corporate power run amok. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New Hampshire (Ms. Goodlander). {time} 1645”