Political Quotes

“Madam President, like my friends on both sides of the aisle, I, too, come to the floor to say a few words about my friend and mentor, Senator Kelly Ayotte. I use the word ``mentor'' in actually an official capacity. When you come to the Senate--and like you, Madam President, I am part of the new class of 2014. When you come to the Senate, you are assigned a mentor. I think the idea is that you come in, you are clueless, you don't really know what is going on, and so you have somebody who is smart and experienced to mentor you. Everybody gets a mentor. I was very fortunate to have Kelly Ayotte as my mentor. I certainly learned a lot from her. She took the time to help me understand how this important body works. We talked about things like work life balance--with somebody such as Kelly who has kids. It wasn't just those kinds of issues. I had the great opportunity to serve on a couple of very important committees with Senator Ayotte--on the Armed Services Committee, on the Commerce Committee--and like my colleague from Missouri, I really learned a lot watching her in action. She was always prepared, always engaged, and always tenacious when it came to certain witnesses. Of course, like a lot of us, we shared certain passions for our country--certainly a strong national defense. My State, like a lot of States such as New Hampshire, is suffering from the opioid crisis. Watching her and Senator Portman literally lead the country on this issue was so important.…”