Political Quotes

“Thank you very much. Tonight we all rise in support of the favorite son of Rockwall, Texas, and perhaps all of Texas, the Honorable Ralph Hall. And I think of so many wonderful stories about Ralph. Tonight you'll hear many of them, Mr. Speaker, of the Texas delegation, of the life and times of our members, as we not only try and gather together every week, but also work together. One of my favorite stories about Ralph Hall really took place with the young woman who was just up here, Kay Granger. One night Kay Granger, then as a Member of my Congress, and myself--this is probably 12, 13, 14 years ago--were with Ralph Hall at the brand-new Reagan airport. And we sat down, waiting for a flight that was going to be in 35 or 40 minutes, that got delayed 35 or 40 minutes or maybe longer, and about an hour and a half later, the American Airlines people came and said, Just so you know, the flight left about 30 minutes ago. Do y'all want to have dinner with us or what? And we looked up at each other and we'd missed the flight, and that was because Ralph Hall was telling the funniest stories of taking time with Kay Granger and me, sitting around a small table at Reagan airport. And he was doing more than just telling stories. What Ralph was really trying to do was to mentor Kay Granger and Pete Sessions on, not the life and times of Ralph Hall, but to talk about citizenship and of service and of benefit to people.…”