Political Quotes

“Mr. President, like so many of us here, I have been watching and listening to my colleagues speak on the floor about the Judge Kavanaugh nomination for several days. Like so many of my colleagues, I want to commend Senator Collins of Maine for her thorough, detailed, and eloquent remarks yesterday. Sometimes a Member gives a speech that we know will always be remembered because of its thoroughness, its seriousness, its thoughtfulness, and statesmanlike quality. I think we all are in agreement that that happened yesterday with Senator Collins. I also want to highlight the remarks of my very good friend Senator Murkowski last night. While we voted differently yesterday and we will most likely do so again in a few hours, she made some important points, particularly regarding some of the issues surrounding this confirmation process as it relates to our great State of Alaska. I very much appreciate her friendship, and, like so many, I know this process has been difficult for her, and she talked about that last night. In fact, for millions of Americans and, no doubt, for thousands of Alaskans, the process to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has been a searing one--certainly for Judge Kavanaugh and his family and for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and her family, and for this Senate family, it has been a difficult period. It has also evoked very traumatic memories of experiences that far too many women in Alaska and America have had--far too many.…”