Political Quotes

“over the next several minutes, we here in the majority are going to talk about two issues that are incredibly important to the future of our country: our energy policy and then preventive health care and personal responsibility in trying to get our arms around the rising costs of health care. But before I begin our discussion on energy, and especially in light of the commentary that we just heard on the House floor and the very patriotic tribute by the gentleman from Maryland to the Greatest Generation, I thought I would pause and pay a tribute to a person who I may have met, I am not sure, but I heard this week about his life, and he died a week ago in Iraq, a young patriot named Noah Harris, Second Lieutenant, United States Army, a platoon leader from Ellijay, Georgia. Mr. Speaker, three summers ago he was interning here in Washington in the office of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Deal), and he felt a passion to volunteer to serve our country at this time of war in response to the terrorist threat, and he signed up, and he went. I happened to be taking a tour group through the Senate this week, just yesterday, and I sat in the Senate gallery and I heard the distinguished Senator from Georgia, Senator Isakson, pay tribute to Noah Harris's life, because in May of this year, Lieutenant Harris sent Senator Isakson this note from Iraq to Senator Isakson. He said, ``Now I am serving my country as an infantry officer in Iraq.…”