Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself an additional 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, through the Treasury Secretary, he would be given the power to have immediate revocation of the tax-exempt status, an effective death penalty for the nonprofits. An appeal after the tax-exempt status is taken away is no relief at all. The President would not be required to provide the reasons for the decision or the evidence upon which he relied. It is not just Trump imposing a death sentence that should concern us, but it is his power to intimidate, to threaten to eliminate a hospital, to eliminate a community nonprofit press entity, to eliminate those who give aid to immigrants. The fear of that death penalty, that intimidation, is what would do great damage to American civil society. Clearly, the bill would have a chilling effect on any group that has the audacity to criticize his dark vision. Surely, the first rule of confronting a wannabe tyrant is not to provide him more tools to achieve that tyranny. {time} 0930 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind Members, despite the passion with which we might use to debate an important piece of legislation, that we are to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President-elect.”