Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Arkansas for the introduction, but I especially thank him for having the idea to call Coach Rollo, as we call him, and say: Can these Members of Congress come on over and spend a few minutes to see what true excellence is all about? That was a treat that we got to experience for that next hour and a half or so, to watch what so many young men through the years got to experience. You can only think of the joy and the treat it was for those students at Mater Dei High School who had the great fortune to play for Coach Bruce Rollinson over those years. We just saw it in a brief period of time, and since getting to know him over these last few months, we see what kind of leader of men Coach Rollo is. We surely saw it in the eyes of those young high school students. Although, I will say, when I was looking up to some of those six- foot-plus linemen, many of them looked like they might have played for the New Orleans Saints. I would have encouraged a few of them to go and play for--I didn't want to get into trouble and encourage them to play for my alma mater of LSU, but they could have been playing in the NFL. In fact, many have gone on to play at higher levels. This year, maybe the number one pick in the NFL draft, Bryce Young, had the honor of playing for Coach Rollo, as did Matt Leinart, who tried to throw a pass to my colleague, Congressman Gallagher. The treat was just watching the character of those young men at Mater Dei High School.…”