Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague Senator Capito. We are very proud West Virginians, born and raised in West Virginia, as you can tell by our presentations. It is a special day where we can say happy birthday to Wheeling. Wheeling is an unbelievable historical city, when you think about it. When you think about the State of West Virginia, we were the only State forged out of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln's handprint was all over our State, and basically he was involved in our becoming a State in 1863. The significance of the formation of our State--and Wheeling being a major economic stronghold because of the river, because of the gateway--can you believe that in 1949, when the suspension bridge was built, it was called the Gateway to the West? It is not that far from here, maybe 4 hours' drive. So you can see how our country has expanded and how quickly it expanded. The lessons learned during the construction of the bridge were later used to build the Brooklyn Bridge. I want to tell Senator Schumer that we helped. I am sure he would be pleased with that. In 1933, the Wheeling Jamboree--the Wheeling Jamboree was the longest. People will tell you, during World War II, they would hear-- because it was 50,000 watts, they would hear it on the battleships. It was unbelievable. The music, the talent, the country music that came out of there from some of the most famous artists of the time and still yet to this day passed through Wheeling.…”