Political Quotes

“in my prepared statement, I mention all of the people, many who are on the floor who have really done an outstanding job, and many names are there. I do want to cover some, and I hope if I run out of time, the gentleman may even yield me a minute or two: The gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman) for being faithful and always there, always dependable, always willing, never saying no, and for his staff that worked and complied and tried and pushed and pulled. To the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), who was the same way, and his staff that were always there, always willing, setting the record, making the hearing. To the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey), the majority leader, who came to our gathering and put the prestige of the leadership on this to make sure that this would not fall through the cracks as we get to the end. To the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), who was always there on all of these issues. There was no center aisle dividing line. And Carolyn and her staff are always dependable, never saying, ``Well, we may not'' and ``that may be,'' and ``the administration says''; always, always, always there.”