Political Quotes

“I represent Bucks County in Pennsylvania, and we lost far more than our share of citizens on September 11. We lost at least 12, and I want to talk about a couple of them, if I have time. It was a rain-soaked day not too long ago when we had a ceremony for those who were killed just from one little township in my area, in Lower Makefield Township. And as we sat out in a park, and all of the families of those who were lost sat and watched and listened to the speakers, and I was among them, a little girl, 4 or 5 years old, her name was Michaela Havlish, came off her chair in the front row. She had lost her daddy. But she stood and sort of danced around and spun around and looked up at the rain coming down. Family members were trying to get her to sit down, but to me she was a wonderful symbol of innocence and the hope that this country still holds. Her father was Donald G. Havlish, Jr., and some of what I will refer to now came from the New York Times.”