Thomas Foley: “Thank you, Speaker Thomas S. Foley, for your service to our Nation. You made the People's House a better place by…”

People do not need to change, systems do, and with your help today, we can begin to change those systems and increase economic opportunity for all people with disabilities.

This is a man of great compassion, and the Nation has felt that.

Cathy, I know the decisions you're asked to make in Congress might be difficult ones, but if you do what you believe in your heart is right for the people back at home, then I know goodness will triumph.

I don't think you can point to another leader that we have been blessed with in our Nation's history that combines such a strong heart for his people with such a strong backbone for constitutional democracy.