Political Quotes

“In 1998 this House passed landmark legislation. We passed legislation trying to get the Justice Department under control. Some of my colleagues may remember Joe McDade, who was a personal friend to many of us and who went through 8 years of the Justice Department investigating him and indicting him; and then, in about 4 hours of deliberation by a jury, he was found not guilty. We passed legislation then saying that the Justice Department would have to reimburse out of their money anybody that was indicted and not convicted. That still stands today. We also passed legislation that said any prosecutor, meaning any U.S. Attorney, must practice under the State laws, the ethics of the State laws. Well, the Justice Department, some U.S. Attorneys, have fought us all during this period of time. Matter of fact, in this legislation, prosecutors from all over the country came to this body, lobbied against us, the White House lobbied against us, and we beat them 350 to 50. Why? Because there was no confidence in the Justice Department. No confidence in the FBI. During that trial, Joe McDade, where they charged him as a subcommittee chairman with racketeering, they charged him with illegal gratuities, meaning campaign contributions; they charged him with bribes, meaning honorariums. They leaked information during this entire 6 years.”