Political Quotes

“this is a target so rich with opportunity for partisanship and for posturing that it is something that simply cannot be resisted by some. To hear them, you would think that the House is trying to cover up. Some coverup. It was a Republican Justice Department that first asked the House to refrain from interfering in this matter, and one does not cover up a problem by allowing the Justice Department, controlled by the other party, to work its will and investigate. So why would anyone oppose this proposition that we are opposing? Because we believe the prosecutor. I hear no charge that this prosecutor is not doing his job, and it is his job to investigate, and it is his job to prosecute. He says the House can goof up his ability to get a conviction and carry out his responsibility. The resolution says 'Coordinate with the ethics committee.' What does that mean? And how do you coordinate with a prosecutor who does not want to coordinate and who has made it explicitly clear that an effort to do so he believes will ruin the potential success of his effort? I think we should, in fact, listen carefully to the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank] and maybe we should call this the malted milk perspective.”