Political Quotes

those of us who come from Pennsylvania have a historic bond with the coal mines and the courageous people who have harvested that precious fuel over the generations. So we have almost uniformly supported the efforts to provide recompense…

Mr. Speaker, a long time ago the Congress passed a statute to bind itself on a fiscal year to complete its appropriations by September 30 of every year. That is the law. Congress passed the law against itself to bind itself. Almost every…

Members of the House, the 11th hour has come for consideration of the crime bill, and I, who am the author of some of the provisions in the crime bill, and one who has always been tough on criminals, as I view it, and on repeat offenders…

and Members of the House, as the American people prepare to watch the State of the Union Address this evening, we ought to warn them of gifts bearing leaks. Many, many people view the health care proposal of the President as a gigantic…