Political Quotes

“I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Brown), and I would like to thank Chairman Miller--we have worked together. I thank the gentleman so very much. I want to acknowledge as well the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, Mrs. Lowey. Thank you for allowing me to share with you this evening my comments, appreciation, and respect that I have for Bill Young. First of all, I would like to say what everyone else has said. What a great American. What a great patriot. What a great public servant. Bill, may you rest in peace. Congressman Young, Chairman Young was on the floor of the House just a few weeks before he passed. I think that is important to note, that he was working every single day to make America better. He loved soldiers and veterans. He loved their families. It is highly appropriate for him to have his name so honored as a named veterans hospital. I want to say that it is particularly important to note that Congressman Young was able to speak to kings and queens and generals and people of high places. But he was best when he was talking to everyday people, to the soldiers that he loved. He came from humble beginnings. Starting with his mother, a single parent, losing his home early in life, living in a hunting camp. You would think that he would not be the generous-hearted person that he is today. But he was really what America is all about, the American Dream.…”