Political Quotes

“I thank Mr. Davis for yielding, and I thank him very much for organizing this Special Order honoring Vicki here on the House floor. It truly is something that she deserves because this institution of Congress, she held it in high regard, as you know. So it is an honor for me to be able to stand here and honor her and honor her life. I call her a friend, Victoria Lynn ``Vicki'' Sands Dixon. I only had the pleasure of knowing her, I think, for about the last 5 years, but I have to tell you, it soon became clear after meeting Vicki that she is one of those people that you could really call an angel on Earth. She treated her friends just like family, and honestly, she would do anything for her friends. As you mentioned, Vicki was a really close friend of my wife, Joan-- she is going to kill me for saying this--for over 42 years. In fact, Vicki was even the maid of honor at our wedding. That is how close she was to us. Vicki was considerate and thoughtful, gracious and funny, generous to a fault, and always the first to lend a helping hand. I can't tell you how many times Vicki, not even being asked, came to the rescue. One time, Joan and I had just moved into a new house in the middle of winter, and the gas hadn't been turned on yet. We couldn't get the gas company to respond. Vicki, before the end of the night, when the house temperature got down into the 40s, we had no less than six little heaters trying to keep that house warm. That is the kind of person she was.…”