Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to help manage the Special Order hour to recognize our wonderful friend who is now leaving us in the U.S. House, Ms. Jennifer Wexton. I rise with respect and admiration and love for Jennifer. Mr. Speaker, I first became aware of Jennifer in December of 2013 when she won a crowded primary to succeed a State senator who had just been elected attorney general. I mostly saw her on local TV, these ads that showed up again and again. That was a very cold month and a very special election. When she won, I was just starting this race for U.S. Congress, and she was a real inspiration to me at that very time. A couple years later, Gerry Connolly and I served with Barbara Comstock. We were a sometimes good, sometimes tense team from northern Virginia, but we really wanted to take back the House, and we thought the best possible candidate to take on Barbara Comstock was this wonderful State senator from Loudoun County. I remember calling Jennifer and saying, why don't you--not give up your senate seat, but jump into this race and take on Barbara, she has only been in for 2 years. Jennifer has the wisdom of a great politician and knows that timing is everything in politics. She said, no, absolutely not. Donald Trump went on to win that election. Barbara Comstock went on to win it easily.…”