Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield such time as I may consume. I rise today to offer House Resolution 364, designating HVC 215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room. On January 8, in Tucson, Arizona, tragedy struck this country in a shooting that shocked our Nation and tore through the fabric of the congressional community. Six people died that horrific day, including Gabriel Zimmerman, a congressional staffer for our friend and colleague, Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona's Eighth Congressional District. Now, less than a year after this horrible day, it is fitting that the United States House of Representatives, through passage of this resolution, properly honor the sacrifice and service of one of our own. Gabe Zimmerman served as the community outreach director for our friend and colleague, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Gabe was perfectly suited for this position, as anyone who knew him would tell you. That's because working as a community outreach director married two great passions in his life: his drive to help individuals and a firm conviction that America's Government needed to be open, accessible, and responsive to every American. Ask any Member of Congress here what is one of the most valuable positions in their office, and they will tell you it is our constituent outreach director. They listen each and every day to the concerns of our constituents--their problems, their suggestions, their complaints-- and then they work to help them.…”