Political Quotes

“why are we wasting time and resources on this duplicative, one-sided investigation? Fred Thompson and John Glenn are conducting a broad investigation in the Senate, but, for purely political purposes, we are insisting on this off-off-Broadway show. Let's think about the important things this Congress and members of the Government Reform Committee could be doing, instead of this rerun, retread sideshow. Our distinguished ranking member, Henry Waxman, a respected expert on health care, could be helping us devise ways to make Medicare more effective and cost efficient and how to provide health care for the kids who don't have it. Chris Shays could be concentrating on the issue of genuine campaign finance reform. We could be focusing on our consensus agreement that we must balance our budget and provide a balance of Federal aid to help the most vulnerable people in America. We could be taking up President Clinton's challenge to all of us that we make America's schools the very best they can be as we head in the next century. But instead we'll be wasting precious resources of time, money, and congressional expertise on this partisan, one-side investigation that won't look at Members of Congress who aggressively exact contributions from lobbyists and raise money using the rooms of this Capitol. Let's do what the people sent us here to do. Let's stop fighting one another and fight for them.”