Political Quotes

“Thank you, Madam President. I appreciate the courtesy of my colleague from Illinois, and I also will follow on Senator Boxer's comments on the importance of this highway transportation bill. I think we recognize that, while far from being perfect--I am not convinced we develop any perfect legislation around here--it is an extraordinarily good-faith effort, a very strong bipartisan demonstration in this body, and deserves to have this support. I applaud Senator Boxer and Senator Inhofe for their work on that. Violence Against Women Act Madam President, just very briefly, I wanted to take a few minutes this morning to speak about an event that just happened outside on the lawn of the Capitol. About maybe 50 or 60 Alaskans and some wannabe Alaskans gathered in a rally, a march that we have entitled ``Choose Respect.'' This is an effort that has stemmed from the actions of our Governor in Alaska to shine the spotlight on domestic violence and sexual assault and to come together as communities, as a State, to speak up and to turn around the statistics that are so devastating in our State when it comes to domestic violence and sexual assault. Over the past few years, the Governor has led the charge in organizing rallies in the State of Alaska during the last week of March.…”