Political Quotes

“Bud Shuster and I came to Congress about the same time, and Joe McDade at that time was a legend. He came 10 years before we came to Congress, and he has dedicated himself not only to the people of Pennsylvania, but to the people of this Nation. Joe and I feel that our finest hour since we have been in Congress was when we were the chairman and ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee on defense during the war. Everything that happened during the war, we worked on, we had something to do with it. Before that, we made sure the appropriations were available to have the readiness that was necessary for that war to be carried out to the tremendous conclusion it was carried out to. Both of us supported George Bush, President Bush, in everything that he did, and I think we played a major role in getting the authorization to go to war and the appropriations necessary for that to be carried out adequately. But, just as important as that is the impact Joe McDade has had in this Congress with withstanding the prosecution by the Justice Department, the unfair prosecution. They came to his home and for six years they harassed him. They tried to get him to give in. They had a frivolous case. They leaked information. I sat beside Joe McDade, as the rest of us did in Pennsylvania. We knew that any charges they brought against him would be frivolous and that it would be inadequate, and we knew Joe, how honest he was.…”