Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, before I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy) for the purpose of asking the majority leader the schedule for the week to come, I want to just make a comment. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, this House and, indeed, the Nation was shaken by the horrific shooting in Alexandria. We just, unanimously, passed the majority leader's resolution. All of us are praying for the safe recovery of our friend and colleague Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others who were injured yesterday. Steve is the majority whip and I am the minority whip, and we are, therefore, in some respects, adversaries, but we are also friends. I am keeping him, his wife, Jennifer, and their children in my thoughts today. Mr. Speaker, as you probably know, Steve loves baseball. All of us have seen the broad smile on his face as he has taken to the field as a pinch runner in games past, wearing his University of Louisiana Ragin' Cajun jersey and scoring runs for his Republican team. I am saddened--and I know all of us are--that we won't be able to see him on the field today running, hitting, and scoring; but, Mr. Speaker, we know that Steve is a fighter, and I am sure we will be seeing him running the bases again in next year's Congressional Baseball Game. Mr. Speaker, tonight, I am going to wear a T-shirt that says ``Team Scalise.'' His staff gave it to me yesterday. We took some pizza by their office and talked to each one of them. We have had good relations between our two offices.…”