Political Quotes

“I simply want to take this occasion, along with my colleague from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus), to extend my best wishes to Lithuanian Americans all across this land. And most especially, I would extend those warm regards to the Lithuanian Americans who are in the 13th Congressional District back in Illinois, a district that I have had the honor of representing here in Congress for 13, going on 14 years. I would also especially like to mention the fact that a constituent of mine by the name of Valdas Adamkus, Val Adamkus as we have known him, from Hinsdale, Illinois, and, believe it or not, has been elected the President of Lithuania. Val Adamkus is quite a tremendous person. He came from Lithuania. He is still a Lithuanian citizen, obviously holding dual citizenship between this country and also in Lithuania. He was a part of the fighting force that resisted the Soviet invasion. Actually, before the Nazis came in World War II, the Soviet Union had taken over and taken away the liberty of the Lithuanian people which they had gained in 1920. But after the Soviet Union came in after World War II, Val Adamkus came to this country, got a degree at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, went on to quite an able career.…”