Political Quotes

“I want to commend him for the courage he has shown in coming to the House floor with this resolution. He has had lined up against him committee chairmen, majority leaders, all kinds of folks who do not want him to proceed ahead. I think this debate has been healthy for the House because it has focused on an issue that I think the American people want us to bring to a head in the Congress. It has surprised me as I have listened to the debate here this evening how weak a foundation the opposition to the resolution offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma builds their case upon. Let me just read from the Istook resolution, because evidently most people have not read it. Anyone who suggests that somehow the Istook resolution will result in interference with a criminal investigation has not read the Istook resolution. The Istook resolution makes it very clear, and let me quote directly from it: Further resolved the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall coordinate its investigation with the related efforts of the Department of Justice so as not to jeopardize ongoing criminal investigations.”