Political Quotes

“Thank you to my friend, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, and Congressman Chabot for managing tonight's Special Order. I am proud to join my colleagues as we salute Speaker John Andrew Boehner for his almost 25 years of service and being elected this January to his third term as Speaker of the House. Tonight my remarks are personal. I have had the pleasure of knowing John Boehner for more than three decades. Although at different times we both served in the Ohio House of Representatives, he and my spouse, Otto, served and worked on many things together. {time} 1915 When I came to Congress, he invited me into his office for a cup of coffee. It is not bad to have the Speaker, the third most powerful person in the country, call you by your first name and, when we are back home, to say to others in my district that I am his friend. As a freshman, I learned, as most of you know, that seniority is very important in this House. Well, I said, I was a freshman, so that equals no seniority. Nelson Mandela died, and I learned that there was going to be an opportunity for Members to go to South Africa to Nelson Mandela's funeral. Wow. Yes, I wanted to go. All my colleagues said: There is one problem, Congresswoman Beatty, and that word again appeared--seniority. I will always be so grateful for Speaker Boehner approving the recommendation from Leader Pelosi. Yes, I went to Nelson Mandela's funeral.…”