Political Quotes

“I at this time urge that the 19 cosponsors--I was privileged to get 19 cosponsors on my bill--now direct their attention to this bill which will be the principal focal point for the deliberations in the committee as well as in this Chamber regarding this important subject. It is very interesting that it is just 20 years ago that I began to take my, should we say, initial course in the importance of tourism. At that time, I was privileged to serve the President of the United States and, indeed, the Congress as the director of the Nation's bicentennial Federal effort. It quickly came to my attention, as it did to all involved in the bicentennial of the United States, that it would be a focal point that would draw visitors from all over the world. Indeed, it did. Millions and millions of people came from all over the world.”