Political Quotes

“I want to talk about western Pennsylvania and what Jack meant to western Pennsylvania, his home region and my home region. A lot has been said over the past few weeks, and certainly tonight, about the impact that this 'giant of the Congress' made on this institution, that he made on this country, and certainly the impact that he had on the American military, and there is nobody here that supported them more than Jack Murtha. I wanted to talk about the impact he had on his home region. I am fortunate enough to represent a district that is intertwined, due to gerrymandering, with Mr. Murtha's district, the district that he represented for so many years. I was born in a hospital that is in the district that he represented. I grew up in a town that is in the district that he represented. And I can tell you that we have lost a giant in this Congress and we have lost a giant in this country, but we've lost a giant in western Pennsylvania. He will not be forgotten in his home region. And it should not be forgotten that this is somebody--and we talk about the work that he did as a member of the Appropriations Committee. He put, over the course of his career, $1.5 billion into breast cancer research. He put nearly $1 billion into diabetes research as a member of the Appropriations Committee.”