Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise in opposition to the rule providing for consideration of H. Con. Res. 24 to release the special counsel's investigation report, a report that, I may note, has not yet been issued. The resolution we are considering here today will not change the law; it will not increase transparency; and it will provide no new benefit to the American people. Quite simply, this resolution merely states current law. This resolution simply restates current Department of Justice protocol. We had a Member here in this House who was also a physician and who was a member of the other party, former Congressman McDermott of Washington State. I remember one time Republicans offered a sense of Congress resolution that had something to do with taxes. The gentleman took to the floor of the House and said, if you want to do something about taxes, do something about taxes, but a sense of Congress resolution, why you might as well be sending a get-well card to the IRS. That is the force with which we are exercising our congressional time today. Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leadership have decided to use valuable legislative time to consider a resolution that changes nothing and does not serve the American people. In the time that we have spent debating this resolution, we could have been discussing more serious matters before this body. Let's just run through a few of them.…”