Political Quotes

“My colleagues, nothing angers my constituents more than the idea that Members of Congress are treated differently than others by so many different statutes, and the gentlemen from Texas are correct that Members of Congress are included in this bill. But they are treated differently than the members of the executive branch in the fact that the Attorney General has the option to choose to treat them with a preliminary investigation or not to treat them. She does not have that option with the other members of the executive branch that are included in the bill, and that is what is wrong. Mr. Chairman, we are sending a message here that Members of this body, some of whom who are very high ranking, very high profile, who are under investigation right now; under this bill the Attorney General, in some instances a member of the same party as those individuals, would have an opportunity to turn a blind eye to those situations and choose not to conduct that preliminary investigation, and that is what we are talking about. The distinction here is between whether it should be optional on the part of the Attorney General or mandatory.”