Political Quotes

“it is wrong for the House to give the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. Burton, twice as much to conduct a partisan investigation of one branch of Government as the Senate has provided Senator Thompson to look at both branches of Government in a bipartisan manner. That is our objection. Mr. Speaker, I served with my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton] 5 years ago when he was the ranking Republican on the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. We were looking into the fact that the Bush White House had spent millions of dollars on Air Force One and staff to do partisan fundraising around the country. The American taxpayers were supposed to be reimbursed. They were not. We had one trip down to Florida that cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign for Republican candidates. The Republican National Committee reimbursed the taxpayers $316. We had another one up and down the west coast, for Republican Senate candidates that cost nearly $1 million. The RNC reimbursed about $600 to the taxpayer. We asked for the official travel logs to do an adequate investigation. The gentleman from Indiana said no, he did not want the White House to release any such information. At the time, he said, ``If you suggest that the White House has done anything wrong, you should bring charges, not hold partisan hearings.'' That is the quote from my friend, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton].”