Political Quotes

“I will tell you from firsthand experience, Mr. Chairman, while it might surprise you, that the Tennessee Valley Authority is not perfect. Neither is the Pentagon perfect, neither are the Centers for Disease Control perfect, neither is the White House perfect, and neither is this institution perfect. But I have not seen any amendments to zero those core functions out. This amendment does not say ``Let's find an area that can be restricted further and reduce it.'' It says zero. It says cut it off, cold. Let me tell Members this: TVA is much better off than it used to be, because the TVA Board is appointed by the President of the United States. The TVA Board has been run by the Democrats at times, it has been run by the Republicans at times. It survived a few years under the leadership of who they call ``Carvin' Marvin'' Runyon, who now runs the U.S. Post Office. I will tell the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Klug], he would be one of your kind of guys, because he goes in there and cuts it to the bone.”