Political Quotes

“I, of course, want to stand here today to pay tribute to two of my best friends, Tom Bevill and Glen Browder. I joined this Alabama team in 1991, so I have been here for 6 years. During that time the entire Alabama delegation taught me that Alabama has a notorious reputation for sticking together. We put Alabama's issues first, we put our party labels second. Of course, Tom Bevill and I represent all of north Alabama. I have many industries in north Alabama that are dependent for their jobs on Federal budgets, like the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the Army presence at Redstone Arsenal. I have the Tennessee Valley Authority in north Alabama, as well. We have so many connections to the Federal budget that if any part of it is squeezed, we feel part of the pain from that squeeze. Tom Bevill jumped from the get-go when I got here to make sure that I had available to me his position of power, as I would put it, not as he would put it, there on the Subcommittee on Energy and Water and on the Committee on Appropriations, as well.”