Amory Houghton: “I wish there were more discussions like this, people from both sides of the aisle talking about positive things and…”

“I wish there were more discussions like this, people from both sides of the aisle talking about positive things and talking about individuals like Congressman McDade. But I want to admonish Congressman McDade. You do not want to inhale everything that has been said, because so many nice things have been said about you. I look at Congressman McDade in a couple of ways. First of all, having been in business so many years, the one thing you want in a director or employee or a stockholder or somebody when times are tough is somebody who is going to be with you. And you do not know what it is. You do not know what you are going to ask of them, but you have a sense in their character that they are going to be there. I know this personally because of a situation that occurred, not only in Mr. McDade's State, but in mine in 1972 when we had Hurricane Agnes, and there was terrible flooding. The response from people like Mr. McDade and his associates was extraordinary. We literally could not have gotten through that if it had not been for the efforts of the people up there who lived and breathed it and understood it and suffered through it. So I do not think anybody in the area that I represent will ever forget that. It is something to remember. It is something important to all of us. The other thing is I have always felt that we have a limited period of life, and time is the most precious thing. Many times, it is more important who you do something with than what you do.”