Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I will support the adoption of this amendment. This amendment basically codifies, at least as far as the House of Representatives is concerned, requirements that already exist regarding reporting the costs of congressional litigation. When the House engages in litigation, the costs of that litigation are already reported to the House Appropriations Committee and the Committee on House Administration. This amendment merely expands these existing reporting requirements to include the Government Accountability Office. Had the gentleman from Rhode Island prefiled this amendment during Judiciary Committee consideration of the bill, we may have been able to consider it during markup. However, without notice of the amendment, we were not able to determine at markup whether the amendment implicated any attorney-client privilege concerns. We are now satisfied, given existing reporting requirements, that this amendment does not present a privilege problem. For these reasons, I support the adoption of this amendment, and urge my colleagues to do so. I reserve the balance of my time.”