Political Quotes

“to resolve so many of the problems of this country, it is essential that Republicans and Democrats come together in a bipartisan fashion. We have seen in this session how this can work. We have seen a 50-year-old lobbying law adjusted. We have seen a gift ban rule to ban gifts to Members of the Senate approved. And yesterday in a dramatic action, we saw Republicans join Democrats to actually vote to expel a Member. But for some reason there is a line down the rotunda, and none of that bipartisanship is happening on this side of the Capitol. At the same time that action was being taken, this body was rejecting, on a party line basis, doing anything about gifts for Members of Congress. Mr. Speaker, today also is the first anniversary, 1 year ago a complaint concerning GOPAC and the Speaker was made to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and we have done nothing but dillydallied. It is time our Republican Members joined us and put a hand on the broom to sweep clean the questions of integrity concerning this House.”