Political Quotes

“Thank you, Chairman Smith. I rise today to honor my colleague from Texas, Congressman Ralph Hall, whom I have come to know over the last few years, not only as the chairman of our Science Committee, but also as a personal friend and leader. As Science Committee chairman, Ralph Hall has been a strong advocate for our Nation's leadership and preeminence in space exploration and launch capabilities. It is self-evident that his personal experience and expertise has carried over into a passion for American preeminence and flight in aviation. Today, as you have heard, Ralph Hall will become the oldest known House Member to cast a recorded floor vote, and this is a great opportunity to reflect on his record of service to our Nation. We recognize not only his service here in Washington as a Member of the House of Representatives, but also his home State of Texas as a member of their legislature and as a veteran of the Second World War. While Congressman Hall's wit, humor, and bipartisanship are rare today, they're attributes sorely needed now more than ever. I feel privileged to have served with him during my first term of Congress, to follow his leadership on NASA and human spaceflight policy, to hear his stories and knowledge spanning nine decades, and to count him as friend. I realize more than ever that someone who is 91 years old can say a lot of things that someone 46 years old would get in a lot of trouble saying.…”