Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Maryland for his remarks. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, Don Young served in this Chamber for nearly five decades, for nearly 50 years. Prior to that, he was a teacher, a trapper, a gold miner, a boat captain, a legislator--an incredible background for somebody to serve in this Chamber, such a diverse background and diverse experiences. I was in a meeting with him last year at the White House, and he stood up and said to President Biden: I need a picture with you. I have had a picture with nine other Presidents, and I need one with you. I mean, just think about that, with nine other Presidents that he worked with, that he served with. The history there is unbelievable. Everybody in this Chamber has a Don Young story. Everybody has an interaction that is incredibly memorable. One of them that I won't forget is when we were at the White House and a bill was being signed into law that opened up the energy production in Alaska in an area--I think he told me he had been working on this for 30 years. He was so excited about it, and he turned around, looks back, and says: What I lack in intelligence, I make up for in perseverance. Thirty years to get something done, but he wasn't going to stop. There are so many stories about Don Young and that famous knife. That knife has been pulled out and involved in so many stories across that 50 years.…”