Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, that is the courage of a captain in the Marine Corps. I am grateful for his service to this country in the armed services. I am blessed to call him my friend. And again, the fire in the belly to come up here and make lasting reforms for our children and grandchildren--and game-changing reforms. So I am grateful to Mr. Gallagher, and I thank the gentleman for being a leader on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I am now going to introduce a dear friend whom I mentioned earlier, Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California. I want to just also note before Representative Gallagher may have to leave, but he is speaking from the traditionally Democratic podium. I don't know. There is not a law. I don't think there is even a House rule that says you have to speak on the right side or the left side. But he speaks over there, and our Republican colleague Brian Fitzpatrick also stood over there, not just in solidarity on this issue, but with the spirit of friendship and the notion of restoring civility in this body. When I look at you guys across the aisle and I see a Republican and Democrat on the Democratic side, traditionally, I am reminded of our class signing the civility agreement and sitting in the middle of this Chamber as a message to others and as an affirmation to each other that part of the culture change that we are talking about--in this respect, it is term limits, but it is more than that. It is some of the things that Mr.…”