Political Quotes

“Merry Christmas to the Presiding Officer and to all those who might be watching C-SPAN. We are getting close to the big holiday, and it is a time when I come to the well to pay tribute to a great newsman in Georgia who is retiring after 40 years in television on the Georgia beat: Paul Yates, with WAGA-TV, Fox 5, in Atlanta. He has served for 35 consecutive years at the same station. In fact, when I ran for Governor in Georgia in 1990 he covered that race. He has covered all of my Senate races, and he covered all of my legislative races. When we were in the legislature and in session, he covered every day of the Georgia legislature and has for over three decades. He has made a tremendous contribution to our State and the level, quality, and respect for the very best that journalism can expect. As Paul Yates retires from his service after years of service to the people of Georgia at WAGA-TV, and as one who he has covered--both good and bad--I wish to pay tribute to a great journalist, a great friend, and a man who has done a great service to the people of my State of Georgia. I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.”