Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Florida for those excellent words. I can't believe the last game he played at Purdue University was all that bad, but we will go back to the tapes and look. Either way, it is now part of our wonderful Hoosier history. There are, of course, quite a few other notable sporting events in Indiana. Andre Carson spoke of one of them, and that is one that can't be rivaled. That is called the ``greatest spectacle in racing.'' I just recently had a picture of the speedway up here on the floor. The Indianapolis 500 celebrated its 100th running earlier this year and continues Indiana's storied history with automobiles, which began in the late 1800s when Elwood Haynes, the ``father of the automobile'' developed his horseless carriage in Kokomo, Indiana. Kokomo, Indiana is in Howard County. It as a county--and Kokomo as a city--has a great, wonderful, rich automative history, and history in other respects as well. It is an honor for me to be able to share that county with one of our great members from the Indiana delegation, an accomplished leader, an accomplished lady who has done wonderful things throughout her professional career and in this House continues to lead the way, most recently by being chosen as our next chairwoman of the House Ethics Committee. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Indiana (Mrs. Brooks), my friend from the Fifth Congressional District.”