Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mr. Cao, my colleague from New Orleans, for bringing the resolution. It's really a special time. If you have been in and around the city of New Orleans--and of course so many people have been focused on New Orleans in looking at the bad things that happened to our city after Hurricane Katrina. But we've had such an outpouring over the years of people who have been rooting for and pulling for the city to come back. I think what's been the most special thing about this past year with the Saints in their success that they've had on the football field is that it's really galvanized the city, but it's also galvanized the rest of the country. I brought a football here, it has the Super Bowl logo, and it represents the fact that the Saints won the Super Bowl. And of course here we're today congratulating the Saints on winning the Super Bowl. But this victory was much more than a football game. Not only do I remember back during the years that my dad took me to Tulane Stadium when I was a little kid, and as my colleague, Congressman Cassidy, talked about some of those leaner years, I think it's the resilience of the team, but it really starts at the top. We would be remiss if we didn't emphasize the importance to our community that the owner, Tom Benson, has meant.…”