Political Quotes

“Thank you for yielding. It is a privilege to rise and acknowledge the incredible service of George Miller and Henry Waxman. I had the honor of serving with both of them on each of their committees, the Education and the Workforce Committee in the case of George Miller, and the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Oversight Committee with Henry Waxman. As public servants, they are unrivaled. At a time when unfortunately many Americans have become cynical and wonder whether their voice is heard here in Washington, these are two individuals that when you look back over their careers in public service, you cannot have a shred of cynicism because they got up every day determined to do the right thing to help people across this country. In the case of Henry Waxman, his fight on behalf of consumers is legendary. His work to guarantee access to affordable health care is before us every day. His desire to see that every citizen be able to live in a world where they have clean air and clean water, a world that is protected against the ravages of climate change, is his legacy. In fact, when it comes to climate change, I think we can say he is the conscience of the Congress. In the case of George Miller, he is somebody who was deeply committed to making sure that the next generation had decent educational opportunities and fought for that during his entire time here in this Congress; of course, he was always putting the priorities and the needs of working families first.…”