Political Quotes

“Thank you, Congresswoman. Let me also thank you for your leadership as a ranking member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade for the Energy and Commerce Committee; and your leadership in the area of health care has been incredibly important for America. I think it's interesting. First of all, you taught me something that I didn't know tonight. I did not know that there are two Jewish players on the Chicago Bears. One of your staffers was joking with my staffer today, saying that there are actually more Jews on the Chicago Bears than there are in the Illinois delegation, which is really kind of ironic, actually. Thank you so much for being here. Now it is my privilege to introduce and acknowledge a friend and colleague from the neighboring district of mine, someone who is a relatively new Member, who had some big shoes to fill but who has done so capably. He serves as a member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and he was a State senator in the State of Florida. I am fortunate that I don't need his bio as a cheat sheet because I know him so well. He is our colleague from the great State of Florida, Congressman Ted Deutch.”