Political Quotes

“We are very honored that our minority leader chose to join us again to greet us as well as the Speaker of the House and Steny Hoyer. So let's continue on with our program. We were talking about programs that focus on Europe and Asia and bringing current Members of Congress together with their peers and legislatures overseas, which actually helps in terms of what we discussed with people knowing each other and therefore finding it easier to work together noting that they have common objectives. We work with the Department of State to talk about representative democracy with audiences overseas. We partner with former parliamentarians from other countries for democracy-strengthening initiatives. This is a very active outreach to emerging democracies. My colleague from Texas, Martin Frost, instituted the so-called Frost- Solomon Task Force when he was in Congress, and many of the legislative-strengthening projects that we conduct are actually modeled on his good work. It is now a pleasure to yield the floor to our friend from Texas, Martin Frost.”