Political Quotes

“I rise tonight for a little lighter of an item. I think sometimes we have to talk about these lighter things to give ourselves a perspective on the serious matters that we occasionally talk about. Mr. Speaker, I stand tonight to really pay tribute to a friend of mine who has been in radio in the Pittsburgh area for the last 50 years. Fifty years in a career that sometimes only lasts a few weeks or months, those who may have been in the radio business. If one goes to Pittsburgh, PA and talks about 'The Boss Man,' 'Your Platter-Pushing Papa,' 'Your Daddio of the Raddio,' everybody knows who they are talking about. It is Porky Chedwick, or as he called himself, 'Pork the Tork,' the 'Boss Hoss with the Hot Sauce.' Mr. Speaker, he developed all of these lines of patter back starting in 1948 when really no one in the country was doing anything really strong entertainment wise in radio. Porky is a white disk jockey. And I mention that because he played what then was known as 'race music,' the old R&B music, the sweet doo-wop sounds.”