Political Quotes

“on behalf of Mr. Costa, Mr. Nunes and myself, I would like to advise the House that this past week an individual passed away, a former Member of the House of Representatives. Some of you didn't have the privilege of knowing him in person, but all of you knew of him. Bob Mathias as a 17-year-old high school student went to London and came home with a gold medal in the decathlon. Four years later, he went to Helsinki and came home with a gold medal in the decathlon. Bob Mathias was a member of this House from 1966 to 1974. Bob Mathias thought of himself as an ordinary person. Could we please, in recognition of an extraordinary human being, offer a moment of silence? The Acting CHAIRMAN. Members will rise and observe a moment of silence. The Acting CHAIRMAN. There being no other amendments, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Rehberg) having assumed the chair, Mr. Simpson, Acting Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that the Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 503) to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes, pursuant to House Resolution 981, he reported the bill back to the House. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”