Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, Chairman Towns is one of my favorite people. I have really come to grow and appreciate him; I just happen to disagree with him on this. There are a lot of people on the Hollywood Walk of Fame who have done some amazing and great things, and for that they should be congratulated, but not necessarily from the United States Congress. There are a whole lot of people on that Walk of Fame we probably shouldn't recognize in any way, shape or form. The point I'm trying to make is there is a certain segment of our population, from the entertainment industry and those involved in sports, that gets more adulation from the public than they could possibly take, and yet we have true heroes, real heroes who don't get an ounce of appreciation from this body that really do deserve it. The other day I was watching television--this was just recently--and there was a National Guardsman who pulled around a corner--and I can't remember what State it was, I want to say it was the State of Washington, but I could be wrong on that. All of a sudden, there was a truck that had overturned in a river, and suddenly this guy found himself in a situation where there is somebody who is struggling for his life.…”