William Tauzin: “You know, Peter, if you yield, I think you are right. Some of the most stirring moments have been when Members have done…”

“You know, Peter, if you yield, I think you are right. Some of the most stirring moments have been when Members have done that, have risen to congratulate Members on the other side of the aisle, and not only a good collegial way, but in a way that I think Americans said, hey, maybe these people are not just a bunch of kids. They are Americans first. Maybe they are not just Republicans and Democrats. Maybe they do care about something other than their reelection. Maybe they care about this country, and maybe they respect one another enough once in a while to say something nice about one another. And maybe, just maybe, just thinking aloud with you, Peter, maybe that is one thing we in our two groups ought to try to encourage more, that we do more of those kinds of speeches on the floor when another Member, particularly from the other side who has had a success, who has had a tragedy, who has had something happen that is to them and to the folks that sent him here, that we rise on the floor and show our admiration, our feelings of sympathy, whatever it may be, to literally demonstrate that we do, to the American public, that we do respect one another more than our words sometimes indicate.”