Political Quotes

“I just want to thank and commend the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee) for her farsightedness in writing a bill which now will be incorporated into this measure to name the Houston VA Medical Center after the renowned American, Dr. Michael DeBakey. My mentor in politics, Olin Teague, one of the greatest of all World War II veterans, has a VA hospital named after him in Temple. I think that kind of honor meant more to him than all the awards given to him through his lifetime. And I want to congratulate the gentlewoman from Houston for honoring our veterans, for honoring Dr. DeBakey by writing the legislation, which now, through this bill, will become the law of the land. This is an honor deserved by Dr. DeBakey, and I appreciate her for bringing this legislation to the forefront so that it could be put in this bill.”