Political Quotes

“At this time I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I consider the gentleman across the aisle a friend, and it is certainly an honor and a privilege to debate law with him given the fact that he is a renowned constitutional law expert. I mean that sincerely. It is fun being up here with the gentleman. So knowing that he has the last word, I do just have to cite one more case for my good friend. I just keep going back to the Trump v. Thompson where Justice Kavanaugh said that there are only two very narrow exceptions to this privilege. Number one, which can be found in United States v. Nixon, relates to a pending criminal trial. There is no pending criminal trial here. That exception is not applicable. The second narrow exception is one found in Senate Select Committee v. Nixon. In there, it is whether the subpoenaed evidence is demonstrably critical to the responsible fulfillment of a committee's function. I am quoting the precedent here. That case law goes on to state that there are clear differences between Congress' legislative tasks and the responsibility of a grand jury. He went on further to describe that Congress frequently legislates on the basis of conflicting information provided in its hearings all the time. So I would submit that that exception does not apply either. Reasonable minds can differ, but I am very confident that the case law here supports the case of Mr. Scavino.…”