Political Quotes

“As the son of a firefighter, I was never so proud as I was of what firefighters did yesterday; but I believe all of our law enforcement officials, doctors and nurses, blood donors and volunteers, deserve to be saluted as well. Mr. Speaker, we will have a problem for survivors that I hope will be addressed head-on, and that is psychological problems referred to by Vietnam veterans called post-traumatic stress disorder. Many of the victims will have problems without any other additional assistance, and I was pleased to hear that the administration has called upon this country to provide the support that our fellow citizens who have survived and have post-traumatic stress disorder to come forward and help fund those programs. Mr. Speaker, I am proud of the City of Washington in terms of what local people did. We had cooperation and openness. The citizens of this great city came together and worked together with us. Mr. Speaker, we need to be careful to be good to each other as colleagues in this body.”