Political Quotes

“Thank you, Congressman Tiberi, my great friend from central Ohio. I just want to say a few things today. First, I want to say good-bye, not just to this Chamber, but to the good friends who are leaving with me. Betty Sutton from northern Ohio. You know, politically we disagree just about on everything, but we also have something very common together: softball. She, like I, joined an all-female softball team. She's a good player. She can actually throw the ball from third to first without having it hop in between. And her tenacity helped us not lose as readily as we usually do when we play the women of the press. Betty has fought tirelessly for her district. She has represented it well, and she will be missed. Dennis Kucinich. You know, a lot has been said about Dennis. He is a man of conviction, and he's a man who's not afraid to be a voice in the wilderness. And all too often we don't agree with Dennis, but we always understand where his passion comes from, and it comes from his deep faith and the fact that he really believes in America, just as the rest of us do. But on a personal note, Dennis has become a good friend of mine. We share a deep conviction about obesity in our Nation and ways to conquer it. Who knows, maybe on the outside we will work together to try to find solutions to that. To Steve Austria, who just stood at this podium, I got to know Steve in the State legislature.…”