Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate being recognized to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives. I have been listening to the dialogue that has been poured before us from the three gentlemen here, my colleagues, speaking mostly about health care, the National Health Care Act, and what this could mean. I would like to pick this up from the place where Todd Akin left off, and that would be the importance of the State of Massachusetts. I do not believe that it can be overstated, the impact of the election returns last night. I listened to Carl Cameron on FOX News who is, I believe, a very well-informed and probably a deeply researched individual. He said that this was the most important congressional race in 50 years. Well, I can remember that far back, and I would completely agree with him. And I would suspect it may be the most important congressional race in the history of our country, Mr. Speaker. The situation in Massachusetts where Todd Akin laid out the poem that said, ``and fired the shot heard around the world,'' well, this in Massachusetts last night was a shot heard around the world. It was the Scott heard around the world. He will be here tomorrow, straight down that hallway, swearing into the United States Senate. So how did we get to this point, and what happened? And what is the significance of what took place in Massachusetts last night, Mr. Speaker? Those are the issues that I think are important to the American people here.…”