Political Quotes

“At this very moment, halfway around the world, our troops are engaged in battle, at a time that we are here talking about doing in the commander-in-chief. I deplore that, because they are trying to do away with a dictator who has weapons of mass destruction that he will use. As a Vietnam veteran, a veteran of the Vietnam era, I know what it means to serve and have the Commander in Chief under siege. I voted in October for the committee to move forward. I am ashamed that they did not come back with a joint resolution without it being partisan and unfair and politicized, and I am ashamed of this body. I came here to do the people's business. Tonight we are not doing the people's business, we are doing partisan business, and that is unfair. The American people will recognize it is unfair, and they are going to make us pay the price for being unfair and for being partisan. I say if we could vote our conscience, we would vote for censure. The Speaker-elect said we should vote our conscience, and you are not allowing us to do it, and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.”