On the recordMay 14, 2019
Next is our distinguished minority leader, Kevin McCarthy from California. Mr. McCARTHY. It is an honor to be with you. A lot of you I have admired greatly. Some of you I have never gotten to meet. But part of the reason I ran, I watched you in public service, and it is an amazing occupation, and we should honor it every chance we get. There are days when we honor our democracy, so I am just going to tell you a quick story. If any of you have time and you want to come by my office--it is no longer in the majority side, but it is in the minority side over here. At one time it was the Speaker's office, whom some of you served, so you can find where it is. In there I put paintings, and there is a reason why each painting that I put in there is from a different artist. I put my favorite Presidents, Lincoln and Reagan, and then I have the one of ``Washington Crossing the Delaware.'' And this is the story I will tell you today. When I look at the paintings, I always wonder what advice Lincoln would tell us. If you think about it, he was a Member of the House. My favorite part whenever I give a tour is to go to Statuary Hall, stand right where Lincoln's desk is, and have my guests look back at the clock. I ask them to tell me what time it is because it is the exact same view and the exact same clock that Abraham Lincoln looked at. I am sure he did, and that is an opportunity to have. But what would Lincoln tell us today?…
