Political Quotes

“I appreciate the privilege of being recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I won't, at this time, take up all the issues that were raised in the previous 45 minutes or so, Mr. Speaker. Instead, I'd like to talk about two topics, though, and one of those topics is the topic of the farm bill which historically, in a sad way, failed here on the floor of the House of Representatives within the last hour or so, hour and a half. The first thing I want to say about that is that the chairman of the Ag Committee, Frank Lucas of Oklahoma, has conducted himself in a fashion that is deserving of and he receives my admiration and should receive that of his constituents and the people of this country. One of the most difficult balances to achieve in any bill that we produce here in Congress is that 5-year--we call it the ``farm bill''-- the 5-year farm bill that has roughly 80 percent nutrition in it and about 20 percent agriculture in it.…”