Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today as chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus--the largest bipartisan caucus within the Halls of Congress--to talk about the recent May 16 congressional shoot-out, a competition of sporting clays, skeet, and trap that pit Republican and Democrat Members of Congress against each other in a great afternoon of enjoying outdoor shooting sports. We had a bipartisan shoot. The Republican team won this year. I am just the chairman and team captain. I would like to say that I won one of the individual awards this year--I have in the past--but this year we had Members on our side that won. The top gun Member of Congress was Richard Hudson from North Carolina. The top shot Democrat was Tim Walz. The best shooter for skeet was Collin Peterson. The top sporting clays was a freshman Member from North Carolina, Ted Budd. I am saving the best for last: the top trap was none other than Don Young from Alaska. It is a great afternoon where we can honor the outdoor economy, the largest industry of the United States, serve the outdoors in a lot of ways, and the heritage of sportsmen outdoor community activity is critical to the American story. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gene Green), who is the Democrat co-chair.”