Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman, my friend from Georgia, and others who have carried the ball on this issue for some time. A special thanks to our friend from Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn. I serve on the same committee with her, and I have learned a great deal about this and other things from Representative Blackburn. Mr. Speaker, I was reminded of a quote by the songwriting and song performing phenom Taylor Swift, who said: I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive. Certainly, with whatever happens in your life, whether it is sad or glorious or joyful or heavy, you can write a song. It could be productive, but that doesn't mean it is profitable. If something is not profitable, the productivity of it will certainly wane over time, and we will be robbed of that very important piece of the music value chain: Where the product begins, which is in the heart and mind of the songwriter. One of the things I love so much about this job--and I am happy to admit it to my friends in the Chamber tonight--is all of the things that you are forced to learn that you never thought were important before you learned about them. It is kind of amazing. Here we are, 435 colleagues, representing, roughly, 700,000 people. In my case, I represent the entire State of North Dakota. We think about things like agriculture and coal and oil. We think about things like highway bills, but we don't necessarily think a lot about songwriting.…”