Political Quotes

“How very disappointing this afternoon that the leadership has chosen to reject a successful bipartisan initiative by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) that has already been endorsed by a number of major corporations. It seems to me that public safety should be the first, the last, and the only goal of this Homeland Security bill. Yet with this last-minute legal loophole that has been tacked onto the bill, the goal is clearly to rid corporations of responsibility for the harm their products cause. If the wrongdoer does not bear the responsibility, then who will bear the responsibility? Well, the decision the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) has made is to place all of the responsibility for wrongdoing on the victim. This is basically a 'blame the victim,' 'let-the-victim-bear-the-full-cost-of-the-wrongdoer' approach.”