Political Quotes

“Congressman Gonzalez' outstanding 45 year career of public service and his 38 year career demonstrates his deep commitment to public service and his constituents and his thorough knowledge of the House procedures in his dedication to this House of Representatives. Prior to his election to the House of Representatives in 1961, Henry B. served as a member of the San Antonio City Council and as City Mayor Pro Tem. He was subsequently elected to the Texas State Senate where he is remembered as a champion of the people. He is revered, known, for leading a 36 hour filibuster against legislation which sought to uphold and facilitate the principles of segregation. Henry B. held the floor of the Texas Senate for 22 hours and 2 minutes finishing shoeless and exhausted but victorious in the late 1950s. He made such an impression on the Texas State Senate that his portrait hangs in the chamber in Austin, Texas.”