Political Quotes

“I thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank my colleagues who are joining us this evening, including Congressman Joe Donnelly of Indiana, as we begin this special order commemorating the Polish Nation during its days of deepest mourning and the magnificent people of that country. As we speak here tonight in this hour, in my home district of Toledo, Ohio, the Polish community has gathered for a memorial mass that began at St. Adalbert's Catholic Church at 6:30 p.m. They and we here tonight are united in solidarity with our Polish brothers and sisters halfway around the world. The Americans gathered tonight here in Congress, and in my home community, and the 9 million Americans of Polish descent across our Nation, in places as far flung as Chicago, Detroit, New York, Toledo, Las Vegas, in places like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and indeed in Colorado and Texas, from coast to coast Americans are united in our mourning and in the encouragement that we wish to share with the people of Poland in these dark hours. Today the House passed unanimously House Resolution 1246, originally introduced by Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper of Erie, Pennsylvania, another community with thousands of Polish Americans. And for that passage, the ambassador from Poland, Ambassador Robert Kupiecki, sat in the gallery as each vote ticked off. And it passed overwhelmingly, with over 400 votes.”