Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the cost of this venture into the inquiry on gambling is going to be about $4 million. It occurred to me that this Congress, and I approve of its measures to a large extent, is seeking ways to cut spending, so the $4 million you might say means nothing. We can gamble that away in 2 minutes. But this same Congress, which is now about to vote $4 million for this gambling commission, has eliminated the Administrative Conference of the United States, a little, small bureau that was very useful, which only cost $1.5 million. We zeroed it out to save $1.5 million. And now, in a double or nothing mode, we are doubling the expenditure for the purpose of this commission. That is a little odd, and it gives me a great discomfort about the priorities that my own leadership is trying to set in cutting the budget. ... We all know what the evils of gambling are. We can call the Library of Congress and in 6 minutes get every single report and analysis ever made on gambling and have it on this floor for final consideration of what evil gambling poses to the American public, and we need no commission at all.”