Political Quotes

“I just again want to thank my colleague, the gentleman from the fourth district for Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), for putting up with my persistence. I know there were times when I was probably a little more persistent than I needed to be, but we got here. We could not have done it without the gentleman's help, because obviously there are things that the gentleman feels very strongly about, as do others in the delegation and others in different communities, that had to be addressed, that had to be dealt with if we were going to be successful and be here today. I appreciate the gentleman's help and that of the other members of the delegation, important roles each of you played in working this through here at the final days or week and a half, hopefully, of this legislative session. To be at this point, I think it is truly unique and I think we have a partnership that can be used, and we have shown that the legislative process can work.”