Political Quotes

“I am absolutely delighted to stand and say ``thank you'' to Mr. Flake--Senator Flake, it will be--and to Mr. Pence. It will be Governor Pence. We are delighted that they have served here. And I will have to say that they have been happy warriors as we have many times stood on this floor and have fought against earmarks, have fought against increased spending. And I dare say, Mr. Speaker, as Mr. Flake crosses the rotunda and into the other Chamber, I don't think the Senate will ever go back to earmarks, because I know someone who can filibuster an earmark with the best of them. That talent is coming to that other Chamber. Indeed, the happy warrior who will be the Governor of Indiana, my concern there, quite frankly, Mr. Speaker, is I know some of the reforms that he has in mind for that great State, and I don't want them to become too competitive with my home State of Tennessee. I'm going to be keeping a very close eye on the good work that he is doing there for the people of Indiana and look forward to what he is going to do. It is so very true, and we talk about it a lot, but I think we appreciate it here in this Chamber. Our States are the laboratories of democracy in this great Nation. That is where great ideas come from. They bubble up and they get tested. We know that Indiana is going to have quite a few new ideas that they'll be trying, so we're looking forward to seeing what he will do there. I want to yield at this time to the gentleman from Texas (Mr.…”