Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it is again a pleasure to be here with my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano), and to lay before the House Senate Joint Resolution 20, which provides for the appointment of Roger W. Sant to serve as a citizen regent on the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents. This governing board of the Smithsonian is comprised of 17 members, which includes the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Vice President of the United States, three Members each of the U.S. House and Senate, and nine citizens who are nominated by the board and approved jointly in a resolution of Congress. The nine citizen members serve for a term of 6 years each and are eligible for reappointment to one additional term. Roger Sant currently serves as the chairman of the board for AES Corporation, which is a leading global power company and was cofounded by Mr. Sant in 1981. He graduated from Brigham Young University and received his MBA with distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.”