“Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all”, said Rep. Lois Frankel quoting Dr Seuss.
On October 1, 2013 Rep. Lois Frankel asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for one minute, on this the first full day of the Republican imposed government shutdown, regarding the furlough of government workers all 800,000 thousand of them, but not before quoting Dr. Seuss again.
“Mr. Speaker, last night, this United States Congress put more than 800,000 patriotic Americans out of work indefinitely. That means 800,000 families may not pay their mortgage, their car loan, or their college tuition. To those Tea Party colleagues who rejoice in a government shutdown, I once again quote our mutual friend, Dr. Seuss. Please listen carefully:
“Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.”
“Fame! You’ll be as famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV”, she warned.
“Except when they don’t, because sometimes they won’t. I’m afraid that sometimes, you’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win ’cause you’ll play against you”, said Rep. Lois Frankel (source: Congressional Record http://thomas.loc.gov).
Rep. Frankel serves as an influential member on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.