Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I would just like to reiterate my extreme commendations of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's life and the appropriateness of the resolution. When I was a member of the National Conference of State Legislators, I suggested we give an award each year to the State legislator who had done the most later in their lives, and Sandra Day O'Connor as well as Julian Bond were the two people I put up as examples of people who should be honored by the National Conference of State Legislators to encourage State legislatures to go on beyond that and to do extra in their lives. And Sandra Day O'Connor was a State senator who did much. And, as Mr. Smith said, she had an open mind, and that is something we need to commend. And in Arizona, where Representative Giffords is from and sponsored this resolution, we had Barry Goldwater who, like her, came in at a certain posture. But as his career went on, he had an open mind, and he stood up for tolerance and he stood up for diversity. I am proud to be here to speak in favor of this resolution, and I would ask that my colleagues vote to support unanimously this resolution and to pass H. Res. 1141.”