Political Quotes

“I commend the Senators from Minnesota for their tribute to our colleague, to Paul Wellstone and to Sheila Wellstone, Senator and Mrs. Wellstone. We know what a priority this is for them and for the people of Minnesota. We commend their devotion. I know I speak for my colleagues in the Chamber when I say we want to do everything we can to help ensure that the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building serves as a successful living memorial to the two fine friends we have lost. In order to do this, we have, working with my distinguished ranking member, the Senator from Maryland, increased the appropriations in this bill from $3 million to $5 million. I assure the Senators that Senator Mikulski and I will work together with our counterparts in the House to achieve full funding, $10 million, for the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center. This is something which we understand is very important, and they have our commitment to work very hard to see that those dollars are made available.”