Political Quotes

“I wanted to mention that for a first bipartisan conference in Hershey I was very pleased to see 220 Members, both sides of the aisle being there. I think that augurs well for the future, when the next event I hope that we will have three-quarters, if not seven-eighths of the House present. Not only was Speaker Gingrich there, but a Democratic leader, minority leader, Richard Gephardt was there, which shows that this was a bipartisan effort. Those who came to the bipartisan conference certainly left with the idea that we are going to do our part to raise the level of civility and professionalism and to make sure that we try to find a common ground without giving up principles and without giving up important items on our agenda, not only in our State, but in our country. Mr. Speaker, one other item I think I should mention, a very important thing, is we found out that we have different regional needs. The Midwest has needs that the South does not need, and the South has needs that need to be respected as well. So one of the outcomes that I think are going to happen, we are going to find Members visiting in those other regions.”