Political Quotes

“I will be brief but sincere in my remarks. I thank my friend for taking out this time. Mr. Speaker, we are here to say bon voyage, good luck, and best wishes to our good friend, the gentleman from Iowa, Jim Ross Lightfoot, the distinguished Congressman from Iowa, who has been with us since he was elected to Congress in 1984. Jim Ross is running for the Senate, and we certainly wish him lots of success in that endeavor. We do not know why he wants to aspire to the other body when he has got a great life here, and he has a lot of friends, and we enjoy having him here. But the fact is, he has made that decision, and he has lots of talents that he will take with him. He grew up on a farm in Iowa. He has a wonderful family. His wife Nancy and his four children I know are wishing him well and working hard for him in his current effort. Jim Ross and I, I went in the Navy after high school and he went in the Army. I guess that gives us some reason for our great friendship that we have had over the years. After he got out of the Army, he worked for IBM. He was transferred to Oklahoma, worked as a police officer, then a small businessman in Texas, and ultimately as a broadcaster in Iowa. I really believe it was in that role that he kind of learned a trait that made him much like that fellow that wrote the book under the pseudonym 'Anonymous,' because I have suspected for many, many years that Jim Ross Lightfoot is really that voice, the anonymous voice, on Motel 6 ads.”