Political Quotes

“I can tell my colleagues, we have done everything we could possibly do, because we had to really write three different bills, which is very difficult to do, because the numbers kept changing and kept floating. But every time we had to change, the staffs on both sides, on this side and that side, majority and minority, had to go back and rewrite most of the legislation each time. So at this time I would like to acknowledge not just the work of the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri), but those who really did the work: Levon Boyagian, Graham Hill, Jim Tyman, Joyce Rose, Mike Lamm, Sharon Barkeloo, Melissa Theriault, and Ryan Young. He is not my son, either; he is no relation. Also, Debbie Gephardt, not the daughter of the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Gephardt), either; Patrick Mullane on the gentleman from Wisconsin's (Mr. Petri) staff. They were the real behind-the-organization workers.”