Political Quotes

On the recordJune 24, 2014
Generally, when nets are that wide, what is going on is called a fishing expedition.
Said by
Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly criticizes the broad scope of a subpoena as excessive.

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