Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield to the majority leader for the purpose of giving us the schedule for the week to come. Mr. Speaker, before I yield, however, to the majority leader, I want to join all of our colleagues in saying how very grateful we are and pleased we are with the return of the majority whip, Steve Scalise. All of us who sat here and heard Steve, our friend and colleague, give his reaction not only to the hateful, vicious action that took place as he was practicing for the charity baseball game where Republicans and Democrats come together to raise funds for young people and people who need help, and they do so together in a spirit of good will and common purpose, I think Steve Scalise, our majority whip, spoke movingly, and I am sure all Members were impressed with his courage and with his comments about that which is important. He talked about his prayers having been answered and the prayers of literally millions of people around this country. And in talking about some of the world leaders who called him and expressed their concern, because they knew, as he said and as Leader Pelosi said: An attack on Steve Scalise was an attack on us all, and it was an attack on our democracy and an attack on peacefully resolving differences, no matter how strongly they may be held--a lesson for all of us.…”