“[Souder applauded the GAO decision and crowed that he had helped block a] partisan attack ... Basically what we did was successfully stop a wasteful, partisan process that very well could have taken far more time and money than the actual event being investigated.”
“Before the U.S. government condones with federal funding research that results in the destruction of living human embryos, we have the moral obligation to explore and exhaust every ethical alternative,”
“I don't believe the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has gotten the message that a more comprehensive, coordinated effort is needed,”
“[So, will DeLay survive? Capitol Hill has seen a fair share of its leaders fall to scandal over the past 15 years or so, and insiders will tell you there are signs to watch for. While a sense of foreboding is undeniably in the air, Republicans still seem fairly solidly behind the leader to whom they owe so much.] With Tom, it's going to have to be more than just allegations. Tom has done so much fund raising, ... There's a general feeling from all of us that Tom could be more careful. The accumulation of Mariana Islands, Korea, the stuff in Texas has some people wringing their hands more than others.”
“This is an oversight committee. If the Enron people come in here and say 'We don't want to talk about the past,' you think we'd let them get away with that?”