Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, for the last 2 weeks, many across our Nation have been preparing the children for school. They have been preparing to end their summer vacation. In our home State of Louisiana, nearly 500,000 of our citizens have been affected by a 1,000-year flood event, causing extraordinary ruin for our families and businesses, everything inundated. Everything that people own--family heirlooms, photo albums, hard disk drives, and generations of work--has been destroyed. We lost 13 of our fellow citizens, at least, with more perhaps to be found. Today, hundreds of thousands across south Louisiana are sifting through what remains of their belongings, facing imminent and extraordinary financial decisions and life-altering decisions. We stand here in this Chamber today, as their representatives, and ask you to join us in a moment of silence and to keep them in our prayers. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will stand for a moment of silence. Without objection, 5-minute voting will continue. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Recorded Vote Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 231, noes 178, not voting 22, as follows: [Roll No.…”