Political Quotes

“I thank my good friend, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Gaetz), for bringing this issue to the floor. Mr. Speaker, this can all be cleared up, pretty quickly, with a little bit of transparency and with a little bit of sunlight. It comes down to the issue of: Do we have impartial justice in this country or don't we? We are all familiar with Lady Justice. She has a blindfold over her eyes, she is holding the scale, and the scale is straight across. It is not leaning one way or the other. But, in this case, it seems--and I am going to say that kind of tongue-in-cheek--it seems like it is, like the scale is not right across, Mr. Speaker. It is heavily on one side, and the other side is way up in the air. And let me just make a couple of points: Deputy Director McCabe refers to the Clinton email investigation as ``special.'' Why is it special? Where is it on that scale? Is it up high or is it down low? Why is it called special? Why did Secretary Clinton have a team from headquarters investigate her, as opposed to the Washington field office? Think about this: If the FBI called you, it wouldn't be for a meeting or an interview. It would be called your deposition. You would sit there with your lawyer, and you would answer questions. And it wouldn't be when it was convenient for you. It would be when it was convenient for the FBI. Secretary Clinton gets to have a meeting with the FBI for an interview on a Saturday morning of a holiday weekend.…”