Political Quotes

“I thank the former and soon-to-be again chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Mr. Bishop. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter of Plains, Georgia. Born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, she began dating a young Naval cadet named James Earl Carter, Jr., in 1945. The two were inseparable for nearly 8 years. Rosalynn Carter, beloved spouse of President Jimmy Carter and mother to their family and our Nation, has blessed our Republic for over three-quarters of a century. Her perpetual kindness, wisdom, and faithfulness to family, community, and country is legendary. Her patriotism had no bounds. As First Lady of Georgia and then our Nation, she perserveringly and with her matter-of-fact manner elevated the plight of the mentally ill to national attention. I can recall as a farm wife, after her husband was elected President, the footage of her carrying her sewing machine into the White House, which stirred surprise and even criticism in some privileged quarters by people who had never worked with their hands as she tried to show struggling families at home and abroad how to be more self-sufficient. As a White House urban policy staffer after the President was elected, I had the privilege of working with her, a fierce, caring ally in neighborhood revitalization across our Nation in some of the most forgotten corners of America.…”