Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to support the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General of the United States. He is a veteran and an outstanding public servant who has worked tirelessly for decades in service of his constituents in Alabama, in this body, as a U.S. attorney, as Attorney General of Alabama. He is a good colleague and a friend to many of us on both sides of the aisle. He is gracious with his time, his wisdom, his intelligence. In all nomination processes there is some twisting of facts that goes on and, unfortunately, even some character attacks, but the twisting of his record and the attacks on Senator Sessions, in my view, have been particularly egregious. That is why I was very saddened by what happened on the floor of the U.S. Senate last night. One of our colleagues violated rule XIX. Here is what rule XIX says: ``No Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.'' That is the rule. It has been in place for decades, and I don't think you need to be a Harvard law professor to realize that rule was violated last night. Mr. President, like you, I have been in the Senate for a couple of years. I certainly have tried very hard to work with my colleagues, all my colleagues across the aisle, Democrats, Republicans. I have respect for all of them.…”