Political Quotes

“I want to emphasize the extraordinary bipartisan support on this extraordinary victory here. Without the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Oberstar] and his colleagues, this simply never could have happened. Beyond that, however, this has been a battle that we have been dedicated to for so many years, that there are many former chairmen and ranking members of our committee who I know, those who are still alive have to be smiling, and those who are up there looking down have to be smiling as well. On our side Bill Harsha, Don Clausen, Gene Snyder, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Jim Howard, God bless him, Glen Anderson, Bob Roe, Norm Mineta, they all contributed to this victory today, and I thank them.”