On immediate plans:
“Tomorrow I’m going to dedicate to Howard Hunter. Tomorrow I’m going to Howard Hunter’s funeral and I may make a phone call along the way, but I intend to pay my respects to a departed member of our caucus.”
On his expectations of working with new House Minority Leader Rep. Paul Stam:
“I called Rep. Stam when he was elected as minority leader to congratulate him. We agreed to talk further if I became successful in this effort, and we will do so.”
On confidence level of a united Democratic caucus Jan. 24 (opening day at the General Assembly):
“I believe that every Democrat is united to vote for Rep. Wainwright (speaker pro tem candidate) and myself on the 24th.”
“We are unified. I’m convinced we are. I congratulated all the other candidates. We had a very civil speaker’s race. We’re not going out of here angry with each other about anything, I don’t believe. I think William (Wainwright) will verify that. It was spirited and in some ways aggressive, but civil. And I’m proud of that, on my part and theirs.”
