Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman so much for his comments. I appreciate it. I am a new Member, and the Congressman from Florida (Mr. Crist) is also a new Member, but we have been touched by Ileana. And part of the way I got to know her was through 1-minute speeches, which you all see us do on the floor of the House. We sit down in the front row. She is kind of the queen of 1 minutes. She gets to have position A on our side, and no one dares to sit in Ileana's seat, although she is the most loving, kind person you could ever meet. That is how I got to know her. She got me so excited and inspired about coming to Asia and joining with her and kind of taking on her love and her portfolio on human rights, particularly helping the people in Taiwan, and especially fighting for the Tibetan Government in exile in Dharamshala, India, with the Dalai Lama. It was such an honor for me to actually go to Dharamshala with Ms. Ros-Lehtinen and to be able to meet the Dalai Lama and sit there with him for an hour as he entertained us. He was really charming and just an incredible inspiration not only to the Tibetan people, but also to the world. And we are now joined by our terrific colleague, the boy Congressman, our great freshman Representative from Florida's First District, Matt Gaetz. We are honored to have him. I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Gaetz).”