Political Quotes

“I was in my office just finishing up a meeting when I saw this going on down here, and I knew I had to come because Chairman Walden-- You don't mind if I call you chairman still? I don't know if that violates any House policy, Mr. Speaker. You will always be my chairman. You were my first chairman as I came on the Energy and Commerce Committee, a committee that I wanted to be on for an awful long time. Representative Upton and I talked about that for quite some time. He assured me that that was the key committee to be on. I knew that for a fact, and I have not been disappointed. One of the quotes that means most to me is the quote that is above the Speakers's rostrum. It is a quote from Daniel Webster, who said: Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. It is a powerful quote, and we all aspire to that, but a few actually achieve that. Chairman Walden, I want to say that, through the Speaker to you, I believe you have achieved that purpose in doing something here that will be remembered, if not in all of the policy issues and the legislative issues you fronted and pushed for, you will leave that in the lives of Members who have served with you on your committee and under your leadership.…”