Political Quotes

Permission to speak out of turn, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I was in rural Alabama, in my home district, about close to exactly a year ago now. It was mid-June of 2003. And I had the honor of being the commencement Speaker at Judson College in Perry County, Alabama. I remember a woman walked up to…

this has been one of those periodic weeks where a lot of people in the country turn on the television and they look at this institution and they wonder if we live in another world. They see us, or at least one of us, going down the hallway…

let me begin by joining the various Members of this institution who will speak today and who will urge the passage of both of these bills. I certainly cannot speak with the particular passion of the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Matsui)…