Political Quotes

“I ran into a guy back during the campaign in my district who was a prosecutor when Steve LaTourette was a prosecutor. He called him a prosecutor's prosecutor. I guess I shouldn't be surprised because when Steve LaTourette came to this Congress 6 years before I came, he became a legislator's legislator. And to Henry and Emma and to his children at home: that corner back there became Steve's corner. It was a corner that we spent a lot of time in. Two of the people who spent a lot of time in that corner with your dad were Mike Simpson, a Congressman from Idaho, and Frank LoBiondo from New Jersey. They apologize they could not be here tonight, but wanted me to tell you they miss him dearly, just as you do. Part of what I am going to say, I said at the memorial, but I want to say it again. Steve was a unique guy and not a guy that I would have thought that I would have become friends with because he was a University of Michigan guy and I am an Ohio State guy. But despite that, we did become friends. Not only did we become friends, my daughters had a tremendous amount of respect for him. When I asked them after Steve passed to give me a word or a phrase that reminded them of Steve, they came up with these four words or four sayings. One said, Funny. Steve could be brutally funny with a wicked sense of humor. Another said, Kind. Another said, Nice man. And, finally, the fourth said, Christlike. I laughed at that inside because I knew Steve would laugh at that.…”