Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that Ms. Norton, the gentlelady from the District of Columbia, is here today. She chairs one of the important subcommittees of Oversight and Government Reform. It's been my honor to serve on that committee for some 18 years. I think most of that time she has been here and has done a great job in representing the citizens of the District of Columbia. Paula Hawkins would be very proud that Ms. Norton is here today; and I have served with the two of those individuals, both Paula Hawkins and Eleanor Norton. There are many similarities. They are very determined women, very accomplished women, and women who love the people they represent and do a great service for them. I had the distinction of being the chief of staff for Senator Hawkins from 1980 to 1985. Before that, I knew her in Florida in the community of Maitland. I lived in Maitland Shores. She lived down the street in the city of Maitland. Paula Hawkins was a wonderful lady, a great human being, a patriot, and she really broke a number of the glass ceilings and barriers for women. I might say, among her accomplishments, she was the first woman elected statewide in the history of the State of Florida, and she did that on her own. She started, actually, in her community, working on some local issues, and she took those local issues to her fellow citizens at city hall. She had their voices heard.…”