Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is Thursday afternoon, and it is the time I love to come down to the floor. It is one of my favorite times of the week because I get to talk about an Alaskan who has done something really, really important for their community, for their State, and for their country. I know the pages like the speech because I talk about stories in Alaska--the great State of Alaska and what is happening in the State right now. Sometimes I call this person the Alaskan of the Week. Usually, it is one person. Sometimes we fudge a little and recognize more than one person. Today we are going to recognize our Alaskans of the Week. In any case, these are people who help their communities, help their country, and oftentimes do something that is unheralded, nobody knows about, very few know about, so I like to come down and tell the country about what they are doing. As you know, Alaska is a big State. It holds a lot of imagination for our Nation--the last frontier, with good reason, because we are filled with resilient people, some who have lived in Alaska for thousands and thousands of years, building communities in some of the most extreme weather environments on the planet, and they are tough, my constituents. They are also kind, and they make it through our tough winters. It is below zero in many, many parts of the State--well below zero. We make it through these winters through toughness, ingenuity, and, importantly, looking out for one another.…”