Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank my friend from New York. School choice is such an important issue. I love what he said: Education is the civil rights issue of our time. So well said. Madam Speaker, there is a theme here tonight. We brought in incoming Members of the freshman class of the 118th Congress from the largest States, I think. It is not just a coincidence that we chose them for that duty tonight. We have had Texas and New York, and we will go to Florida next. I am delighted to introduce a new Member from there, Representative Cory Mills. I will tell you just a little bit about him. He is a decorated U.S. Army combat veteran and recipient of the Bronze Star. He left his home State of Florida to serve his country in uniform and then served further our U.S. State Department and other government agencies in both Afghanistan and Iraq. In fact, he served with the 82nd Airborne Division and was a member of the Joint Special Operations Command, Combined Joint Task Force 20 in Iraq. He spent significant time there, 7 years of service in Iraq and approximately 2 years in Afghanistan. He served in the Kosovo campaign in 2000. He has traveled to the front lines of Ukraine during the Russian invasion to provide information for USAID and Department of State officials. He is a busy guy. President Trump appointed him to the Pentagon as a Department of Defense adviser and foreign policy expert.…”