Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Barry, I just want to say that there have been a lot of kind words here tonight, and I think a lot of the words are very appropriate, but I have got to say, I don't even like you. You are full of bad news all the time. We want to go home. You won't let us. We want to come in later. You won't let us. We want to go home a day early. You won't let us. Barbara, I don't know how you put up with him. As a young boy, I used to go to church with my grandfather. He was an usher at the church. He wasn't the priest. He wasn't the head of the parish council. But he was the guy who made everything run. He helped run the festival. He was the top usher, so he had to handle all the money. He scheduled everybody. I grew up really watching him with an appreciation of how many people that you may not see in that instance on the altar or here speaking on the floor, how many people work to make things happen. {time} 1830 Barry is in that cloakroom making things happen, making things run smoothly; not in the newspaper, not getting the headlines. And I just want to say thanks. I worked for a Member of Congress 20 years ago, and he had the old things you used to have to slide on. It was huge, it seemed like, back then, and I remember as a staffer hearing Barry's voice, and I knew it was Barry. I just heard this voice, Two bells, three bells, four bells, 15 minutes, 5 minutes. For 2 years, I would hear that.…”