Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Idaho for yielding to the gentleman from Iowa. There are about four people on the floor right now that do know the difference. I rise today, Madam Speaker, to give a great message of gratitude and thanks to Congressman Tom Latham. I want to tell a little bit of the narrative about how this unfolds from the perspective of Iowa, and that is this: we are all politics all the time. There is no off season for us. You are always on season. When the Iowa caucuses emerge, there is a big focus on Presidential politics. If you are on the State Central Committee, you are in the middle of that arena. That is where I first met Tom Latham and first became aware of his commitment to the political arena and to conservatism. I would want to let the body know, Madam Speaker, that Tom Latham didn't come from a place that was a big magnificent megalopolis, unless you would want to describe Alexander, Iowa, with 160-some people, as a big megalopolis. 168 people would be the population of Alexander, Iowa, rooted in now a three-generation seed company, and rooted in the soil. I don't have to explain this to the people from either Idaho or Iowa, but all new wealth comes from the land, and it regenerates itself every year in the form of corn in our neighborhood and soybeans and potatoes in Mr. Simpson's neighborhood.…”