Political Quotes

“with September drawing to a close, troubling ethical questions concerning the process of ethics in this House linger on. As a recent supreme court justice, I am concerned about the rule of law, about ethical standards, about the precedents of this House. The precedent of this House is that in every significant case since 1979, before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, an independent counsel has been proposed and has been implemented. The words of the gentlewoman who heads that Committee on Standards of Official Conduct today are that she thinks that naming an outside counsel could get in the way of the committee. And she says, and these are really her words this week, 'The letter of the law is not compelling to me. My goal is to have a process that the committee members feel good about.' We do not need to feel good. We need the letter of the law. We need the rule of law. There is another precedent. It's called the Packwood precedent. Delay, delay, delay, until the people of this country demand action. That is what they need to do about Speaker Gingrich.”