Political Quotes

“One of the great pleasures of serving on the Defense Committee is that we get to be associated with a large number of people who are in the Armed Services, and one such acquaintance and friend is Major Tom E. Lamb. Tom Lamb is the congressional budget liaison for the Army to the Appropriations Committee, does an excellent job in that capacity. He was also the military fellow in our office and got to know the good folks in south Georgia and our staff, and we all grew to love Tom. I am going to submit for the Record a number of things about Tom's life, but I have got to tell one story about him. And you, Mr. Speaker, as a member of the military, will appreciate this. We were traveling in a remote part of the world and had to make an unexpected stop because of a weather delay in our travel and had to get into a dirt runway in a particular location, and then we had to split up the group because of a weight problem and weather problem and just complications. So one of Tom's duties was to reassign people on a new and a different airplane that was a smaller airplane, and he was having trouble getting everybody on board because of the weight issue. And finally, I said to Tom: Tom, what is the problem? I am counting up the number of seats, and there should be enough room.…”