Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, as I was sitting in the Chamber and listening to all our colleagues speak about Ham, I could not help thinking if Ham were here right now he would be terribly embarrassed about it all. He would probably admonish us to not say the kind things we were saying, and he probably would say, ``Oh, you know, it's not really true.'' But I think the fact, Mr. Speaker, that there have been so many Members who have come here after hours from both sides of the aisle, both parties, to speak from their heart about Ham Fish really says just the kind of person he was. Everybody loved him. Everybody cared about him. When you serve in office and you are elected again and again, as he was for so many years, it really means that the people in his district understood that he had a very special quality. Those of us that are privileged to serve in government, we meet people from both sides of the aisle. It is very quick and easy for us to figure out who are the real good ones. I think we all know that Ham Fish was one of the real good ones.”