Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for the time. Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that my friends on the left need some clarification on why we are here this afternoon. This is not a good day for America, and it is certainly still not a good day for the Terry family. My friends on the left continue to talk about this as if it were a witch hunt--a witch hunt. We have a slain Border Patrol agent, and my friends on the left want to politicize this by talking about a witch hunt when in fact we all know that this, Mr. Speaker, is about justice. This is about justice. My friend on the left just said that we Republicans refuse to hear ``yes,'' we refuse to accept ``yes'' as an answer. Well, Mr. Speaker, we want a ``yes'' for Kent Terry, we want a ``yes'' for Josephine Terry, the parents of Brian Terry. We want a ``yes'' for the American people. We want a ``yes'' as it relates to the integrity of the process, and we want a ``yes'' for justice. And, Mr. Speaker, my friends on the left continue to consistently say ``no.'' We are here, Mr. Speaker, for only two reasons. The first is because United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is dead because of a Federal Government operation that allowed American guns to be walked across the border in the hands of drug lords and cartels. We are here today, Mr.…”