Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I speak on the House floor tonight, not as somebody who has ever served on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but as someone who was a freshman in the 115th Congress with a very, very specific and very direct link to a piece of legislation we were advocating known as the right-to-try bill. When I got sworn in, one of the first people I sought out was Chairman Greg Walden. I went to his office, and I was initially taken aback by the photography he had throughout his office of his district, which is an incredibly beautiful district in Oregon. We have all had many meetings in our time in Congress here, but one of my memories is, when I met with Chairman Walden, I have to acknowledge I was very intimidated. I was a freshman Member speaking to a committee chairperson of a very, very significant committee. The time, the attention, and the respect that he showed me and the issue that I cared about I will never forget. It is one of those memories that I have of my freshman term that I will never forget. We have all heard many definitions of character being spoken throughout our lives. My favorite definition is character being defined as the things that we do and the decisions that we make when nobody else is watching.…”