Political Quotes

“I appreciate that this bill was authorized in 1996 and that the Congress understood it to be an important matter, that Martin Luther King, who has been honored all over the world, has never been sufficiently honored until he is honored by the Congress of the United States in the Nation's capital. Site selection and other processes on the memorial, however, were not completed until the year 2000. So although authorized in 1996, the Congress is aware that the District has the most elaborate process for monuments in the country. You do not hear me complaining. I am a strong supporter of those processes. It is one Mall; it is priceless. We already are in danger of filling it up and not paying enough attention to it. I am working on a conservancy bill because it is deteriorating. We have to make sure that everything that goes on that Mall which is, after all, our real crown jewel, goes through each and every process and is exactly right. And so it took some time to find the right space on the Mall.”