Recent dem comments: Impeached Federal Judge and now member of the House Rules Committee Alcee Hastings: âAhh, all this talk about rules, We make âem up as we go along.â Rep. Tom Perriello: âIf you don't tie our hands, we'll keep stealing.â Rep. John Dingell: âThe harsh fact of the matter is when you're going to pass legislation that will cover 300 [million] American people in different ways it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people.â