Political Quotes

“I come here this morning with the Congressional Roll Call Golf Cup here. We have Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper here, which sponsors baseball games and football and basketball, and we have a Congressional Ryder Cup golf competition between the Democrats and Republicans every year. We recently had this for the First Tee organization. The First Tee organization and its president, Joe Louis Barrow, Jr., is an organization that brings golf and the skills and the character values that golf teaches people to inner city youth all across our country and to those who might otherwise not be exposed to the game. May I announce that this is not a hard chore for me because the Democrats won this year for the first time ever. I was privileged to serve as captain of the Democratic team, and Mike Oxley, who was tied up in conference and asked me to go ahead with this this morning, was captain of the Republican team. The competition was fierce, but we did this for the children of our country who can be exposed to the principles of golf. Golf is the only sport that doesn't have an umpire or referee. You play yourself, and the values that golf teaches is something that we think is worthwhile. I want to congratulate the First Tee Roll Call, and the Republican team and the Democratic team who showed up for this very, very worthwhile project.”