Political Quotes

“I want to go ahead and close, if we can, at this particular point, but before I do so, I want to thank all of our staff. It is so easy at times for us to get up here, and yet the legislation that gets introduced oftentimes is not just due to our personal staff in our offices, but the committee staff, and so I want to make sure that I emphasize that today. Mr. Speaker, I will close with this final comment. I had a constituent not long ago who said: You know, I will just email you a release, and we won't have to go through all of this getting it in writing. I said: No, no, no, no, no. That will take an act of Congress. Well, let me just tell you, today the Congress has acted. Mr. Speaker, I urge support, and I yield back the balance of my time.”