Political Quotes

“as my colleagues know, at this time of year communities all over America are organizing their fall coat drives to help the less fortunate. Well, as my colleagues might imagine, here in the Gingrich Congress it takes a little different twist. Speaker Gingrich, instead of organizing a coat drive, has organized a giant ice bucket drive, and I brought my ice bucket along. He is asking Members to turn in their ice buckets. Now why do my colleagues imagine that speaker Gingrich needs so much ice? Mr. Speaker, the reason is clear. There is an ethics report here in this Congress that is sizzling, it is hot. He needs as much ice as he can dump on that report to keep it in the deep freeze until after the election. We say to the Speaker, we wish him well in his ice bucket gathering, but there is not enough ice in this Congress to keep in deep freeze the report of your ethical misconduct. We call on the Speaker and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to release the report on the tax violations, on the misconduct. Stop pouring ice on it, Mr. Speaker. Do something constructive in these waning days. Unfreeze the report.”