Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend and colleague from Virginia for not only his very kind comments but also his incredible work ethic. I will tell one quick story about Morgan Griffith. I had a little bill, a suspension bill, that Mr. Blumenauer and I had to do a land exchange up on Mount Hood. It flew through here one night, first night of votes, and got two dissenting votes. One of them I understood, but his dissenting vote I didn't understand. I went up to him, and I said: I am going to win this. There are only two noes. But why did you vote no? He said: Well, I read the bill, and it referenced this memorandum of understanding between the Forest Service and Mount Hood Meadows about this land exchange. I tried to get a copy of that MOU, and I couldn't get it before I voted on the bill, so I voted no. {time} 1430 Well, the bill didn't get through that Congress. It got through the House, but not, of course, the other body. So the next Congress, we did it again, and I made sure that Mr. Griffith had that memorandum of understanding related to this little land transfer bill in an area that Mr. Blumenauer and I share, and he voted with us on that measure. I thought: He is a pretty darn good, thorough legislator if he is reading every suspension bill and every land transfer bill and diving into the weeds. Americans need to know what a great man he is. Mr.…”