CSPAN American Politics December 28, 2009
made by spouses and the sacrifices they make all the time so that their partners can contribute to public life. it's a kind of attitude that will discourage many that could contribute from doing so. >> i believe we are in grave danger of ignoring the impact on the public we serve if we think that this report is only of internal interest and significance to this house. that way, to my mind, leads to the guilded bunker mentality to which the lord speaker referred. i'm especially concerned that we do not continue to imagine that we can ourselves be the final ar bitter of our allowance p...