Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to have the privilege to have been yielded to from Chairman Goodlatte of Virginia, who I know laments the departure of three very esteemed members of the Virginia delegation and people I have had a privilege to serve with. I certainly tip my hat to, bow to, and salute all three of them: Congressmen Randy Forbes, Scott Rigell, and Robert Hurt. I came here this evening to focus a majority of my remarks on that of Representative Randy Forbes because, as Chairman Goodlatte said, I have had the privilege to sit next to Randy Forbes on the Judiciary Committee--and our memories are never always exactly right--but it could be for the full 14 years that I have been here. We have been either next to each other or within one seat of each other all that period of time. I have long viewed Randy Forbes as my wingman on the House Judiciary Committee. He is the anchor. He is a man who we know is a man of faith. He led the Prayer Caucus here for a good number of years. We know that he is a constitutionalist. He served on the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee also with me for many, if not, all of those years.…”