Political Quotes

“I now yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Committee on Oversight Government Reform, I am pleased to present House Resolution 1733, a resolution recognizing Mark Twain as one of America's most famous literary icons on the 175th anniversary of his birth and the 100th anniversary of his death. House Resolution 1733 was introduced by our colleague, the gentleman from Arkansas, Representative Vic Snyder, on November 18, 2010. This measure enjoys the support of over 60 Members of the House. Mr. Speaker, Mark Twain was born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835. Famously, he was born 2 weeks after the closest approach to Earth of Halley's Comet, which made its next approach 1 day after his death in 1910. At the age of 4, Twain moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a Mississippi River town that would inspire some of his most beloved works. At age 12, he became a printer's apprentice; and at age 16, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the Hannibal Journal, a newspaper owned by his brother Orion. At age 18, he worked briefly as a printer in New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Cincinnati, taking time to educate himself at public libraries in the evenings.…”