Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to echo what my colleague from New Mexico said about our friend and colleague Senator Heitkamp. I can say that everything he just said--there is strong bipartisan agreement on that front. I want to emphasize a couple of points he mentioned about Senator Heitkamp. Certainly, she is one of the most well-liked Senators, optimistic and upbeat. As Senator Udall just mentioned, I think there is a certain element in the Senate--whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, if you are a former attorney general, you come to this job with a little bit of the same viewpoint, the same experiences. I want to emphasize what Senator Heitkamp mentioned in her remarks and Senator Udall mentioned in his remarks, which is her strong dedication to two issues that I think really matter--certainly, they matter to my constituents, and they matter to most Americans--and that is her relentless advocacy and fight with regard to combating the big problem we have in America with sexual assault and domestic violence-- it is a very big, difficult problem in my State, and I know it is a problem in many other States-- and her commitment to the Native peoples of our country. One example is a bill that Senator Heitkamp and I worked on together called the POWER Act. The whole focus is to get more legal representation for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.…”