Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, after taking the standing Trump approach of denying everything--saying he accepted the lies and the denials of the Saudis--Mr. Trump dodged again by saying, ``I am going to leave . . . it up to Congress.'' And so what is this Congress doing about the Khashoggi atrocity? Absolutely nothing. That is what should have been in this rule, doing something about the sanctions and the disclosure. Forty of us asked this past month for the administration to brief us on what they knew before Mr. Khashoggi was murdered, and whether they warned him about that, and we have had a deafening silence in response to our request on that, and on cutting off assistance to Yemen. Even an audio of the gruesome murder of Mr. Khashoggi--we don't know whether it included the sound of the bone saw that the Saudis apparently used to dismember him--but even a murder will not cause some in this leadership to stand up to President Trump and this atrocious regime. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentleman from Texas.”