Political Quotes

“I just wanted to say that on not just the congressional delegation, Jack Murtha, his colleagues from Philadelphia, Bob Brady and the sponsor of this bill, Congressman Joe Hoeffel, that there are many others in our State. With the loss, that is, with the leaving from Congress of Congressmen Shuster and Borski now, our State has lost a great deal of seniority and knowledge and expertise in the transportation areas, but we nonetheless appreciate their service. And particularly in terms of Bob Borski, the Governor; the mayor of our city, John F. Street; for many local officials, Bob Borski was an experienced and practical and commonsense political leader. We really appreciated his service. We wish him well as he moves on into other aspects of his life. I am reminded when he had his going-away get-together here on the Hill, he had his family around him at the podium. It was symbolic, but it was really substantive. That is to say that Bob Borski did so much here in the Congress, did so much to help this country and help his home State, but at the end of the day and most importantly for him as he tried to make sure that I understood when he talked about my daughter, Cameron, that family has to be the most important issue for all of us. He was a good example of that.”