Thomas Foley: “Remember, you are the Speaker of the whole House and not just one party.”

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

You can leave this in here but there will be a lot of blood on the floor if we pass this. Many of us will not survive.

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.

Tom Foley, as nice as he was, as civil as he was, as much as he loved his colleagues of both parties, was one tough guy.