Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I want to transition over to the shooting last Wednesday at the practice ballfield in Alexandria. I want to thank everyone across this country who offered their prayers for the recovery of all of those who were injured in this shooting and especially our whip, our majority whip, Steve Scalise. His nickname for me and mine for him for years has been ``Scrapper.'' We just call each other ``Scrapper.'' Well, we know, Steve Scalise is a scrapper. He is a fighter. He took an awfully hard hit last Wednesday, and it did significant damage to him. All of the medical reports that we have been getting after the first 36 hours or so have been of improvement in his condition. {time} 1730 I don't suppose--and I say this for Steve's benefit--I don't suppose LSU's loss in the College World Series the other night by a score of 13-to-1 improved his condition that much, but he is a baseball player and a baseball fan, and he is a very dedicated LSU fan. They are still in the College World Series, as I understand it, and it is a double- elimination tournament. So they are the leaders in the loser's bracket, so to speak. So they have got a chance to battle back and still win. But he is battling back, and he is a winner, and his strength is coming back. The day will come when he comes to this floor to cast a vote. I don't know how long that is going to be, Mr.…”