Political Quotes

“I would like to join with our chairman of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services and ranking member in paying tribute to Bruce Vento. Bruce was the sort of fellow that was a real legislator, a quiet, gentle man. I came to the Congress a number of terms after Bruce, but I was always impressed with the fact that he would willingly offer his insights as to how the Congress operated and how we could best serve our constituents. Speaking of constituents, Bruce really had two: that excellent district he represented in Minnesota but also all the needy and homeless people of America. Their benefits over these last many years, although they probably have no awareness of the fact, are to a great deal due to his ever-present desire to see that the American government recognized that there are needs in this country that must be served, and he was their best ambassador and representative to serve those needs. I think it is most fitting that we tie Bruce Vento to the McKinney Act, because in a way Stew McKinney had some of the same characteristics of gentleness that Bruce had; an able legislator, not a partisan but a person that worked with real integrity.”