Political Quotes

I thank Mr. Figures for his comments. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McGuire). The gentleman from South Carolina has 8 minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, today we pause on the 5-year anniversary of one of the darkest days of our democracy. On January 6, rioters stormed the heart of American Government and sought to overthrow the will of the people with bats and clubs. Now, the…

Jimmy Carter became what everybody called the new South, and he demonstrated during his four years in the governorship and then his presidency that such leadership could come from the Deep South.

I hope it will serve to keep the focus on that. Every chance I get, I try to remind people that we don’t have the luxury.