Political Quotes

“I wanted to pay tribute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) and his contribution to this House just in the short time I have been here. First elected in 1984, an article in the Texas Observer called him one of the Texas 6-packs that year, 6 new Republican Members that had been elected and the consensus was these Members are never going to amount to anything, if you read the article. But the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey) has made a tremendous difference in this House, with the crowning achievement I think just this week with the Homeland Security legislation which he worked so long on, arbitrating between committees of jurisdiction, negotiating with the Senate, moving a bill that was considered dead just a week ago, bringing life to it, and bringing it to a very successful conclusion here in the House and sending it to the Senate. Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the gentleman for this most important piece of legislation that I think is going to change the course of this Nation for a long time.”