do. one of people who spoke eloquently was congressman brian mast of florida, his words echoed when benjamin franklin said, he said, we could pass all the rules we want, if we in this body, the mic majority. don t do the right thing that does not matter. all the talk about all of the rules, following route rules. i got to thinking of benjamin franklin s comments. in his 80s, he was very ill, he was going to stand up and give a speech but he could not stand up, he handed it to his friend and another delegate from pennsylvania james wilson who read it this is what benjamin fr franklin said, i confess that i do not entirely approve of this constitution of present, sir, i am note sure i shall never approve it for having lived long i have experienced many instances of being obliged to change opinions even on important subjects, i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. is it is therefore the older i grow the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment if well administered
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distancing, we gave way to each other distancing, we gave way to each other in distancing, we gave way to each other in the corridors and stairs, we gave other in the corridors and stairs, we gave each other as wide a birth as we we gave each other as wide a birth as we could, we gave each other as wide a birth as we could, but it would have been impossible as we could, but it would have been impossible to have a drill sergeant measuring the distance between us all hours measuring the distance between us all hours of the day and night, so as the all hours of the day and night, so as the guidance prescribed, we had mitigations. when i spoke about the guidance mitigations. when i spoke about the guidance being followed i was talking guidance being followed i was talking about all the things we did to stop talking about all the things we did to stop the spread of covid given where to stop the spread of covid given where we to stop the spread of covid given where we
different. how does that work with your committee. chairman of the house oversight committee has see subpoena power, i have to get general counsel in speaker s office to sign off on that. that is where the problems have been in the past. you have heard them say before. the reason that speaker general counsel signs on, if it goes to court they are the actual entity that represents the oversight commit my court, that is where it is paid for out of the republican majoritiy legal fund and things like that. i expect to be in court a lot because unfortunately i don t have as much confidence as i wish i had with respect to some of the people that we ll be subpoenaing, actually complying with the subpoenas right away. mark: to this a little bit.
different. how does that work with your committee. chairman of the house oversight committee has s subpoena power, i have to get general counsel in speaker s office to sign off on that. that is where the problems have been in the past. you have heard them say before. the reason that speaker general counsel signs on, if it goes to court they are the actual entity that represents the oversight commit my court, that is where it is paid for out of the republican majoritiy legal fund and things like that. i expect to be in court a lot because unfortunately i don t have as much confidence as i wish i had with respect to some of the people that we ll be subpoenaing, actually complying with the subpoenas right away. mark: to this a little bit.