Political Quotes

“We chatted for a minute, and the gentleman immediately said, Well, actually, I just wanted to get to know you because I'd heard a couple of nice things about you. Since that time, he has been nothing but kind and generous to me. Frankly, I've watched him define what a Member and an appropriator ought to be year in and year out in the minority and in the majority. He has just absolutely served this body with incredible class and incredible character and incredible professionalism every single day he has been here. I would be remiss not to talk about my friend Chairman Obey as well. Frankly, I'd heard about Chairman Obey--again, before I'd ever arrived--from my old boss, Mickey Edwards. Mickey Edwards told me he was often wrong but always honest, and you could deal with him. Indeed, I found that to be the case on the last two points, not necessarily on the first. He has been a wonderful chairman, a wonderful colleague, somebody who is a credit to this institution and a credit to his district. I think he defines, as my friend Mr. Lewis does, who and what a chairman ought to be and how a Member of this body ought to act. If everybody in America knew these two gentlemen, the opinion of this institution would be enormously higher.”