Political Quotes

“I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I have to say to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess) that, again, it is frustrating to hear his comments. I mean, we are talking about a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide; 1.5 million people were murdered. I think it is generally a bipartisan resolution. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend not only Chairman Engel and Chairman Smith, who is a Republican, for their testimony before the Rules Committee; I want to thank Congressman Schiff, who is the main author of this; but our colleague in the Rules Committee, Congresswoman Lesko, came out very strongly in favor of this resolution. It would be nice if there were a couple of moments here that didn't always have to be politicized, and I think this resolution should be one of those moments. This is important; this is serious; and we shouldn't bring politics into a resolution dealing with the recognition of a genocide. So I obviously have a different opinion on how people should vote on the previous question. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Sanchez).”