Political Quotes

“this is a great day for the House of Representatives. I just want to take a moment because I am one of the Members that have had the opportunity to serve in this House not only as a Member of Congress but as a page. So my history goes back to the 83rd Congress, and I have watched so many great and fine people come through this tradition and this institution and go on to our highest office. But today is a fine day; and our former friend and colleague, Bill Emerson, would have been pleased to be here today because he had the same intuition as I have about this fine institution. We had a problem yesterday with the attachment, and we saw the chairman of the Committee on Rules take appropriate and good action in the best spirit of bipartisanship. We saw the chairman of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services reach out and create a task force to work on this bill.”