Political Quotes

“the reason why I rise to speak with regard to Mr. Knisely is that I worked with Mr. Knisely a quarter of a century ago. Over the last 25 years, I have become older and fatter and grayer and uglier, but Mr. Knisely looks the same. He is just as sharp and keen of mind and quick of wit, and he is just as slim and good looking as he was then. But putting aside all the superficial things, the substantive thing is, as the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) said, he is a consummate professional. I was on the Senate Committee on Appropriations staff during some very difficult times. And I know that the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) remembers, and by the way, even then the personality and intellect of the gentleman from Wisconsin made him a larger-than-life presence on the Committee on Appropriations 25 years ago, but if it were not for Bob Knisely, a great many of the issues that we could not find our way out of never would have been resolved in a spirit of bipartisanship. He is a very professional staffer and a good person and this country owes him a deep debt of gratitude.”