Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I want to first thank my friend, the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin), for bringing this legislation, the Tribal Power Act. It is an important piece of legislation to help those Tribal communities. He does, as the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden) said, provide great leadership for Tribal issues, and this is surely one I am sure we will work with. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Pallone, for bringing this as well. Now, with my time, Mr. Speaker, and you may want to cut it short if this turns into a roast, my friend from Oregon is, as Mr. Mullin said, departing at the end of this Congress. I am not sure why you would want to leave after 22 years in Congress, but you have surely earned the right. I got to know Mr. Walden when I was a freshman coming onto the Energy and Commerce Committee back in 2009 in my first year in Congress. When you look at the dais now, it has surely changed a lot, but back in those days, I would offer, of my own good will, to make coffee for Mr. Walden. He was one of those senior members of the committee-- probably more of a junior member, but I was the most junior member. But we actually developed a really good friendship. As we do around here, we all battle it out on issues. We come up here to fight for the things that are important to our districts, important to the country from our perspective, and then you find people along the way you befriend who have that same perspective, and Mr.…”