Political Quotes

“I yield myself five minutes from the bill time. I rise today to honor the life of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. Three others were lost in the tragic accident. Like I said last week, it is a real gut punch to any of us who knew Jackie and to Hoosiers across the board. The outpouring of grief for the lives lost has been immense in our State. As Hoosiers share their memories of them, you can see just how important all those lives were. Let me talk about Jackie. I got to know her early on when I was entertaining running for Senate. She was up in the north central part of Indiana, a place that I had been very little, and she was engaging. I spent get-togethers with her before and then after I was elected, and Todd said it well: Whomever she came across, she was their friend, full of enthusiasm. She never really knew a stranger. I got to know her better over the years since then, and I can tell you that faith, family, and community were the principles that guided her, and times of mourning show us just how important those things truly are. As the friends and family grieve for the four lives lost in this tragedy, I hope they can find consolation in their faith, in their families, in their communities, and in the memory of their loved ones. Zach Potts was a rising presence in Indiana politics. He was the district chair, also the Republican chair of St. Joe County, an up-and- comer.…”