Political Quotes

“Thank you, Madam Speaker, Members, for the warm welcome. I am honored to be the newest Member of this body. I want to thank my family, who is here; my wife, whose goodness inspires me, Cherie; my children, Michael, Chavanne and Katie, who remind me why we are here, why our decisions are so important for the future. I want to introduce you to my parents, Donald and Ann Cazayoux; Ann, whose compassion taught me to be compassionate; my father, whose sense of humor taught me to have a sense of humor, especially about myself; my Uncle John Wayne Jewell, who has a small-town private practice of law and taught me all about public service. I want to thank him and my Aunt Martha for her commitment to justice; my mother-in-law, Bonnie, for her goodness; Lindy Boggs, my model of leadership. Thank you for being here, and for the rest of my family and friends, without whose help I could not be here, physically here, period. I also want to thank the members and the constituents of my district for electing me and for challenging me to come here to work with you to meet the demands that they face every day to solve the problems in a commonsense, fiscally prudent manner in terms of health care, the price of gas or what have you. Thank you so much for welcoming me, and I look forward to working with each of you.”