Political Quotes

“I again would suggest that the House did itself proud today. And I have never been prouder than now, being a House Member. And the more I am around this body, the prouder I am about the quality of the people that work here, the intelligence which they bring to this body, the diversity that they bring to this body. This is truly America. This is the House of the people. As the gentleman from Minnesota mentioned, we have a House product. It may have a Senate name on it, it may be a Senate number, but this is truly a House product, because we had people like the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski), the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). We may disagree on many things, but on this issue we agreed on the best security system, and today we have achieved that. I will say that I am deeply proud of their work and of the time they put in, because we have had a product brought to this House that I believe is the finest piece of legislation for aviation that has ever passed.”