Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, you all know that last night was the 51st annual Congressional Quarterly-Roll Call baseball game for charity, and I'm pleased to inform the House this morning that the Democratic team won 18-5 last night. Mr. Chairman, there are 21 outs in the game we play because we only play seven innings. Cedric Richmond struck out 16 batters, so he didn't leave much work for our infield. It's my understanding that if the Republicans should win the Presidency, that Cedric is going to be offered a Cabinet position just to get him out of here. Other notables, Cedric also came within about 3 feet of hitting one out of the park at National Field, too. Ben Chandler also had a fantastic game for our team as co-MVP. But, Mr. Chairman, the real winner last night was the Boys and Girls Club of Washington, D.C. and the Washington Literacy Council. This was a record year for the congressional baseball game. We came close to raising, for the first time ever, almost a quarter of a million dollars for the charities. I want to congratulate my good friend and Republican manager, Joe Barton, on a hard-fought game. I can tell you, as someone who has played in the game for 18 years now, I've been part of the highs and part of the lows. I know what it's like to be on both ends of a winning and losing ball game. But the Republicans were game opponents. They came out there, and they did their best last night; but we were just a little bit better than them.…”