Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record an October 2018 article, 4 years ago, from the San Francisco Chronicle, where the Honorable Nancy Pelosi said to expect Democrats to immediately try to force President Trump to release his tax returns if they take back the House in November, exposing the true purpose of this effort. [From the Bloomberg Government, Oct. 11, 2018] SF Chronicle: Pelosi: Trump's Tax Returns are Fair Game if Democrats Win House (By John Wildermuth) Expect Democrats to immediately try to force President Trump to release his tax returns if they take back the House in November, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday. Demanding the president's tax returns ``is one of the first things we'd do--that's the easiest thing in the world. That's nothing,'' Pelosi told The Chronicle's editorial board in an hour-long interview. Although a 1924 provision of the Internal Revenue Code gives certain congressional committees the right to request-- and release--the tax records of even the president, it's unlikely Trump would surrender those documents without an all-out legal battle. He has refused to release his returns since he announced he was running for president, arguing first that he was being audited and later that voters don't care. The GOP-led Congress has joined in keeping those records private, regularly voting down Democratic efforts to make Trump turn them over.…”