Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we spend a lot of time in this House focusing on that which we disagree on. I think if we spent more time focusing on what we have been able to do together and agree on, we would be a better House. So I rise not to talk about the disagreements that the Speaker and I had, we had many differences, we are of different parties, and we had different perspectives, but I rise and thank Speaker McCarthy for that on which we could agree, because when we could agree, he took that opportunity to act upon that agreement. It was good for the House, it was good for the country, and it was good for me. So I thank Kevin for what we agreed upon and what we were able to do together here and abroad to try to bring us together, try to lift us up, and try to make sure that when we could work together we did work together. {time} 1200 It is an example that we ought to follow because it was a positive example. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Calvert for giving me the opportunity to come to this floor as a former majority leader, as a partisan Democrat, to say and recognize the work that Speaker McCarthy did to try to, when we could, move forward in agreement in a positive, constructive way. Good luck and Godspeed.”