Political Quotes

“Today we are going to be voting on legislation to name a post office in Rayville, Louisiana, after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow. Madam Speaker, I had known Luke for many, many years and had the chance to work with him. I want to tell you a little bit about his background. Luke, his whole life, was a little guy. He grew up kind of small. I bet when he was growing up, he looked at that as a handicap, maybe, as being a shorter, smaller person in stature. As Luke got older and grew taller and got bigger, he never forgot about the lessons that he learned about being the little guy. All throughout his career when he was working for the Louisiana congressional delegation for Congressman Cooksey and for Congressman Ralph Abraham, when he worked for Governor Jindal of Louisiana, Luke always, always stood up and fought for the little guy. I am going to say it again. I bet that when he was growing up, he looked at it like a deficit, he looked at it like a handicap, but, wow, what he did later in life and how he took those experiences that he had and parlayed them, he used them, and he never forgot what it was like. Oftentimes in government, the people that are heard, the people that are listened to are the ones that have the lobbyists, have the money, have the power, have the influence. Luke made sure that that wasn't the case. It was the person who had an issue, the person who had a problem. No issue was too small. No community was too small.…”