Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I want to say thank you, again, to my colleague, Jodey Arrington, of west Texas, for his terrific remarks. Yes, we did accomplish basically everything we set out to do in the 115th Congress. I would be remiss if I didn't mention one more thing that Mr. Arrington just referenced, the gentleman from Texas, is that every one of us contributed in the freshmen class to perpetuating and finding a new part of our commitment to civility. I just wanted to mention our colleague from Florida, Mr. Charlie Crist, who actually came up with these nice bands that so many of us wear. It says: Practice the Golden Rule. It is emblematic. We wear them because we are endeavoring to meet our pledge for our commitment to civility. I hope that you all and Congressman Crist and everyone continues on this great path next year, including both sides of the aisle. I hope everybody works on their commitment to civility. But I want to say thank you again to my colleagues, also to our Speaker pro tempore, the great president of our class, the amazing General Jack Bergman, who is now a Member of Congress representing Michigan. I am really honored to be among some of the great people that serve here. I want people to rest assured there are good people in Congress. There really are.”