Political Quotes

“I thank Chairman Goodlatte for yielding. We are very proud in our Second District of Maine to house Bates College, which I understand is the chairman's alma mater. I would like to speak a little bit today, Mr. Speaker, about these three gentlemen from Virginia, from a slightly different perspective, as a freshman Member of Congress and someone who has a business background but not a legislative background. Randy Forbes has been a tremendous help to my district by giving me counsel when it comes to Bath Iron Works and the tremendous shipbuilding skills that BIW has, making the best destroyers that keep our country safe and the best shipbuilders in the world. Randy Forbes' guidance on the Committee on Armed Services to help secure additional funding for BIW is something that I will never forget and something that the 6,000 workers at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, have a debt of gratitude to Mr. Forbes for his help in that regard. Scott Rigell, as a businessowner here in Virginia in the auto dealership area, has also been incredibly helpful to me in sitting on the Committee on Financial Services, Mr. Speaker, that deals with credit when it comes to the auto dealerships extending that credit to consumers, and Scott's guidance in that regard has been very, very helpful.…”