Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is now my pleasure to also say some words of tribute to my colleague from Georgia. When I first came here and found out about his real estate background and his interest in homeownership, I felt it was a powerful connection, in that while I was never in the real estate business, when I went back to Oregon in 1991, I found a connection with Habitat for Humanity and eventually became their director, and it was all about homeownership. So I spent a tremendous amount of time working to advance homeownership for families in Oregon. Certainly, that is what the residential rules say business is all about, and he spent decades in that world before he came to Congress. In fact, I also felt a connection because of his service in the House of Representatives in Georgia. I only had 10 years in the Oregon House, and he had far more than that in the Georgia House of Representatives. I don't know if the Georgia House is like the Oregon House, but the Oregon House was a very functional place, where people came to the floor and listened to each other and shared ideas. They were only allowed to speak for 5 minutes so everybody could hear each other. You could borrow time from others, but if you borrowed time, then, people started to say: The longer that you speak, the less support you will have. So it was great to have the entire group present, talking to each other, working, and talking on the floor.…”