Political Quotes

“H.R. 2798 is a naming bill that should enjoy the unanimous support of this House, for it does in such a very real way represent the naming of a facility in honor of someone who has improved the life chances of so many through her work and through her actions as a community organizer. I want to use the time that I will exercise here really to thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis), my colleague, for bringing this matter to our attention; for it was through his extraordinary leadership and persistence that the House now today will consider this naming bill and the one that will follow. It is, as the chairman mentioned, quite easy sometimes for us to proceed along a course when we are naming a facility after someone who all of us know or whose work that we are all familiar with, but the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis), serving as the representative of the people of the Chicago and of the West Side, really worked tirelessly to have our committee act on this bill.”