Political Quotes

“I wanted to thank the chairman, and wanted to make reference to the very eloquent statement made by the gentleman from Guam. We are at a tremendous disadvantage in this House, and it is not a proud thing that the sponsors of this amendment do by singling out the weakest in this House and the most needy. This was part of a package. There were four programs here. One of the programs is Closeup. But it was decided to single them out for individual votes, go after the weakest, Hawaii with just two Members, no one else, go after the territories, the Americans in the territories. We do not even have enough people to man the doors when the time comes to count the votes. But I think we have enough friends in this House to help us man those doors today, and I hope that our friends on the committee and our friends on the House will help their fellow Americans in the territories when the vote comes on this issue, and say 'no' to this small mindedness. Say 'no' to this kind of meanness, because this is not some act of great benevolence that you are throwing huge amounts of money before some poor, destitute people. This is money to help American citizens get a decent education.”