Political Quotes

“An autographed picture with their U.S. Senators and their Governor. Let me move on to something far more serious, and I am going to talk about ObamaCare too. I am going to tie that into why I believe this process we are going through relating to our constitutional right to advise and consent the President of the United States when it comes to his appointments--I am going to tie that into why I believe that has all happened and why we find ourselves here today because of this failed ObamaCare system. Yesterday when I was on the floor, I talked at some length about the history of filibuster changes. I mentioned that I have a tremendous amount of respect for a Senator who passed not all that long ago, who served in this body for a long time and probably knew the body better than anybody who ever served in the history of the Senate. That would be Senator Bob Byrd. I came here, and he was in failing health by the time I arrived in the Senate about 5 years ago, but what a wonderful man. I got to know him a little bit. We actually participated, worked together on a climate change amendment. The knowledge this gentleman had of the Senate was always amazing to me. On the 200th anniversary of what is called the Great Compromise, when the whole concept of the U.S. Senate was created, some people went to Senator Byrd and convinced him that speeches he had given on the floor of the Senate and historical writings he had done should be put together in a book.…”