Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Kansas for yielding. Especially having Julia Letlow, our colleague, here, it is bittersweet for us in the Louisiana delegation, for all of us in Congress, those of us who knew Luke--I got to know him so well over so many years--and those who didn't know him but were getting ready to serve with him. He literally passed away days before getting sworn in after being elected as a Member of Congress. It is Luke's journey. It is Luke's story that we are here to celebrate today and ultimately which will live on at the Luke Letlow Post Office in Rayville, his hometown. He was born in Start, Louisiana, in Richland Parish, and it is there in Richland Parish that this post office that we are dedicating is, hopefully, going to be enjoying a formal ceremony with all of us and the whole family. When I think of how I first met Luke, it was when he was working for Bobby Jindal. As Julia said so eloquently, Luke's whole life was dedicated to public service. When he graduated, he immediately was an intern for Congressman Cooksey and came up here. I think that was when he probably got the bug a little bit. He ultimately got the bug to serve other people. Luke did it so well. He served other people with joy in so many different roles. After he worked for Congressman Cooksey, he then worked for candidate Bobby Jindal. That is when I got to know him. There was no harder worker than Luke Letlow, but also no happier person.…”