Political Quotes

“Well, I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am here to recognize the gentleman from Reading, Ohio. It is a town in my district full of hardworking people and committed families. Now, this man from Reading grew up in a big and very faithful family. He learned the value of hard work sweeping the floors of his father's bar and worked his way through Xavier University in Cincinnati. When he came to Washington, he was a reformer from day one. The last man standing from the Gang of Seven, he worked to clean up corruption from the House bank in the 1990s to banning earmarks today. For the first time in half a century, the House of Representatives decreased discretionary spending for 2 years in a row. Mr. Speaker, with all of your service in mind, I am reminded of a Teddy Roosevelt quote. It says: ``It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.'' And that is you. John Boehner attended Moeller High School, as Representative Chabot mentioned, a school in Cincinnati that I am proud to say is a rival to my high school, St. Xavier. We beat Moeller this year, and, Mr. Chabot, we beat LaSalle this year. You know, through that Catholic schooling, John Boehner committed himself to thousands of children that seek a real education and values in their lives.…”