Political Quotes

“I would say very quickly to the gentleman from Virginia, the majority that he mistrusts is about the business of protecting the minority that he values, because a private property owner facing eminent domain powers being used to take their property for private economic development purposes is very much alone, and he needs this kind of weight of authority behind him or her to protect their private property rights. If the gentleman's amendment is adopted, it will reopen exactly the kind of confusing and controversial court decisions that we are about trying to address here today. The specificity in the bill is superior to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran). The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the noes appeared to have it.”