Political Quotes

“The last conversation I had prior to this incident was last Friday when she asked me: Joe, can I chair the new Dem Task Force on Energy? She was trying to convince me somehow that I had to let her do this. And I just said: Gabby, you're not a freshman Member of the House. Yeah, you're going to do that. Don't worry about that. But she was always trying to convince. She's a star. We know it. Every Member here knows it, Democrat and Republican. This woman has something that many of us wish we had, and that is an inner beauty. And if we can take something away from this event, this tragic event, aside from the issues of rhetoric and aside from the issues of gun control-- and mental illness, which we do not give enough time to in this country--it is the beauty of this woman and what she reflects upon this institution.”