Political Quotes

“Thank you so much. I always loved so many of you with whom I had the opportunity to serve. I remember a time many years ago when I got into the Members' elevator on floor seven, which my office is on floor seven in the Longworth. I have got an office here, too, obviously, as you know. But anyway, this young kid gets on, tall, dark, nice-looking kid got on, and I sort of looked at him and wondered who he was. He thought I was looking at him as if he shouldn't be on the elevator, which I, by the way, think is a pretty kind of arrogant thing to have. This is a Members' elevator. In any event, I said, ``Hi.'' He said, ``I am Paul Ryan. I am a Member.'' And he has since been calling me ``old man'' for a number of years now, which I highly resent, which I don't think is very bipartisan and not good camaraderie. But in any event, he does it anyway. All of you have seen the House for a long period of time. I came in 1981. Some of you came before, and I have been here since. I remember Jim and I serving together on the Appropriations Committee, others of you--Jo Bonner. Bev Byron I have known since--there was just censorship there. She said, ``All right. That is enough.'' She is like Nancy. I start telling stories about Nancy, and Nancy says, ``Nope. Nope. That is not when it happened. It happened 20 years later than you are saying it happened.'' But in any event, it is lamentable what has happened to the House.…”