Political Quotes

“I came from South Carolina, a State that a few years ago sent about 18 people to jail because they took shirts, they took shoes, they took golf trips, and they sold their vote. If Members want to reform me, I challenge them to do so. But everything in its time. For 40 years Democrats have had control of this body to do that. What the American people need to know, and what I want constituents to know at home is what we are talking about doing the first day is to change the way this institution operates. Newt Gingrich, the new Speaker of the House, has done something that no Speaker of the House has ever done in this body, Republican or Democrat. He has instituted a measure to limit his own term as Speaker. I congratulate him for doing that. Leadership and reform begins at the top, and that is what he has demonstrated, and on behalf of the freshman class we thank him for doing something other than talk. Also in this rule is a provision that would limit committee chairmen to serve 6 years. If we want to change America, that is a great place to start, and that is what we are talking about today, changing this institution to breathe new life into it. Mr. Speaker, ideas do matter, and they are going to have a new day.”